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Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style review – lidos, Speedos and atomic bombs

Swimming’s deep and shallow ends are granted equal weight in an engaging show that ranges from Pamela Anderson’s Baywatch cossie to the explosive naming of the bikini

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025

Pammy’s Baywatch showstopper, exploding bikinis and Nasa’s banned recordbreaker – Splash! review

This illuminating exhibition about all things swimming charts the birth of the bikini, its rapid shrinkage, lovely lidos – and the costumes that went too far

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025

London’s Design Museum takes a deep dive into our love affair with swimming

From art deco lidos to 1980s Speedos, the curator of a new exhibition on swimming and style talks about the inspiration behind it

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025

Pamela Anderson’s red Baywatch swimsuit to go on display in London

She was known for her slow-motion scenes as CJ Parker.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2024

Scents of the Middle Ages and emo nostalgia – what you should read, watch and do this week

I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I…

The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024

It's Tim Burton's World, We're Just Living in It — 3 Hauntingly Spooky Ways to Get in on the Fun

From a London show gathering artifacts from his 50-year career to a rentable, ghostly residence inspired by his latest film, and the Burtonesque specters at the New York Botanical Garden, the film-maker's fantasies are now reality

Livingetc · Oct 30, 2024

‘It’s not so much about art, it's more about the process’: Tim Burton at the Design Museum

‘The World of Tim Burton’ is now open at London’s Design Museum – we toured the exhibition, which detangles the filmmaker’s tantalising storytelling

Wallpaper · Oct 28, 2024

Is Tim Burton an outsider auteur or a global megastar? The Design Museum thinks it has the answer

“Like walking around in a weird, beautiful funhouse.” That’s how Tim Burton described his private viewing of The World of Tim Burton at the exhibition’s opening at London’s Design Museum.

The Conversation · Oct 28, 2024

The World of Tim Burton review – a tour around a singular creative mind

The director is the subject of an immersive touring show that ranges from his drawings since childhood to Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman outfit

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024

Tim Burton and the making of a haven for weirdos

IN FOCUS: The archives belonging to the celebrated filmmaker behind macabre classics including ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands’ have gone on display at London’s Design Museum. It’s spooky, beautiful, and the exhibition of the year, writes Adam White

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2024