ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR at the National Maritime Museum
One hundred images make up the final selection of the annual Astronomy Photographer Of The Year award - and all of them are currently on...
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Miles Hedley
- Sep 13
- 5 min
GREENWICH+DOCKLANDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL across east and south-east London
The theme of this year’s Greenwich + Docklands International Festival was Common Ground, a concept given the greatest possible poignancy...
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Miles Hedley
- Aug 14
- 1 min
GREENWICH COMEDY FESTIVAL at the National Maritime Museum
The 14th Greenwich Comedy Festival returns to the National Maritime Museum this year from 14-18 September – and what a feast of fun is on...
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Miles Hedley
- Mar 31
- 2 min
CANALETTO’S VENICE REVISITED at the National Maritime Museum
Canaletto’s paintings of Venice are among the most famous and instantly recognisable images in all art. So how do you present them in a...
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Miles Hedley
- Mar 21
- 1 min
A CHANGE OF SEASON at the National Maritime Museum
What a stunning idea to create a concert programme teaming Vivaldi’s joyful Four Seasons with Melting Shifting Liquid World, Hollie...
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Miles Hedley
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
THE 12 DAYS (AND NIGHTS) OF CHRISTMAS in and around Greenwich
1 The Queen Of Hearts, Greenwich Theatre till 2 January. Legendary dame Andrew Pollard is back live with his own take on a traditional...
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Miles Hedley
- May 28, 2021
- 4 min
TUDORS TO WINDSORS at the National Maritime Museum
You don’t have to be an arch-monarchist to enjoy Tudors To Windsors, an exhibition celebrating 500 years of royal portraiture which runs...
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Miles Hedley
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH at Royal Museums Greenwich
Award-winning writers, historians and broadcasters feature in a dynamic schedule of online talks, workshops, stories and performances to...
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Miles Hedley
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH online at Royal Museums Greenwich
February is LGBTQ+ History Month at Royal Museums Greenwich but because of Covid rules the 2021 line-up of talks, films, workshops and...
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Miles Hedley
- Feb 6, 2020
- 1 min
ROYAL PORTRAITS at the National Maritime Museum
A major National Maritime Museum exhibition of five centuries of royal portraiture - postponed early last year because of the Covid-19...
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Miles Hedley
- Sep 17, 2019
- 1 min
INSIGHT ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR at the National Maritime Museum
The annual Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer Of The Year winners’ exhibition returns to the National Maritime Museum with some of...
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Miles Hedley
- Jul 18, 2019
- 4 min
THE MOON at the National Maritime Museum
Two of the most iconic photos ever are Earthrise, the shot of our blue planet taken from Apollo 8 as it orbited the moon, and the picture...
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Miles Hedley
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
MARITIME COLLECTION CENTRE VISITS
The world-famous collection of Royal Museums Greenwich runs to 2.5million items, from a 4,000-year-old Egyptian model boat to one of the...
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Miles Hedley
- Jun 9, 2019
- 2 min
WORLD OCEANS DAY at the National Maritime Museum
There were some terrifying statistics highlighted at World Oceans Day at the National Maritime Museum. For example, without radical...
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Miles Hedley
- Mar 18, 2019
- 2 min
MELTING, SHIFTING, LIQUID WORLD at the National Maritime Museum
I watched the opening of Hollie Harding’s new composition from the frozen shore of the Kara Sea. Later, I travelled 8,000 miles south to...
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Miles Hedley
- Mar 22, 2018
- 3 min
THE GREAT BRITISH SEASIDE at National Maritime Museum
The legendary photographer Tony Ray-Jones once called this country’s passion for the beach a “gentle madness” and the quote greets you as...
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