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Bill Moggridge was a British designer responsible for the design of the modern laptop computer.

In 1917, Frances Griffiths and her cousin Elsie Wright began the creation of a series of five photos in which they appeared in the company of fairies.

On 4 July 1862 Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Rev. Robinson Duckworth took three little girls—Lorina, Alice and Edith Liddell—on a rowing trip up the Isis in Oxford.

Until recently it was believed that there was only one print of Roger Fenton’s ’Pasha and Bayadère’ in existence, at the Getty Institute in Los Angeles; then another was discovered in the UK.

The man who revolutionised the world of hairstyling with his geometric ‘wash and wear’ cuts has died at the age of 84.

Looking for photographs of your town 50 years ago, David Attenborough in his youth, or your emigrant ancestors? There’s a good chance the image you’re searching for is in the Daily Herald Archive.

Thursday 17 March 2011 was the very first global Picture a Museum Day, aiming to give people behind-the-scenes access to the world’s museums and galleries through Flickr and Twitter.

Assistant Curator of Television Claire Hampton has been busy preparing our TV galleries for half term with a new addition to the display cabinets…

World-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz visited the museum on Tuesday—the latest stop on a personal journey she is undertaking looking at places relating to inspirational and culturally significant people.

Last month saw the dispatch of a loan from the museum’s collection to the Getty Museum in LA.

We’ve been members of Flickr Commons for one year today—here’s a look back at some of our most-loved images.

Last week, Curator of Television Iain Baird was filmed in our galleries for a BBC Breakfast report about the final days of mass television manufacture in the UK.