Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Imperial War Museum rethinks home-front gallery storytelling
Civilian voices and rationing artefacts get equal billing with hardware.
The Imperial War Museum’s refreshed home-front galleries give civilian diaries, rationing artefacts and migrant labour stories equal space alongside military hardware.
Educators said school groups stay longer when personal objects lead the narrative.
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