Tipu's Tiger
'Tippoo's Tiger' is an awesome, life-size beast of carved and painted wood, seen in the act of devouring a prostrat…
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Tipu's iTiger app
An iPhone app which gives you special access to Tipu's Tiger, one of the most enduringly famous and fascinating obj…
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The British in India
The British East India Company - named to distinguish it from British trade in the West Indies - was founded in 159…
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Oriental carpets: curator's introduction
Curator's Introduction
William Burges's washstand
William Burges's Washstand
Interview with Tim Supple, director of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Interview with Tim Supple, Director of A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Roundhouse
The main plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream is a complex contraption that involves two sets of couples (Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and Demetrius) whose romantic cross-purposes are complicated further by their entrance into the play's fairyland woods where the King and Queen of the Fairies (Oberon and Titania) preside and the impish folk character of Puck or Robin Goodfellow plies his trade.
Behind the scenes: Inside the plaster casts of Trajan's Column
The cast of Trajan's Column taken from the original 1st century AD monument, represents sculpture from the earliest period in the Cast Courts.
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