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Life on a North Sea oil rig
Photographer and offshore worker Peter Iain Campbell shines a light on one of Britain's most challenging working environments
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How to tie a bowline knot
Put your sailor skills to the test and learn to knot a bowline!
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How to tie a round turn and two half hitches knot
Put your sailor skills to the test and learn to knot a round turn and two half hitches knot!
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How to tie a sheet bend knot
Put your sailor skills to the test and learn to knot a sheet bend knot!
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East and Southeast Asian collections and connections
Explore the history of East and Southeast Asia with objects from the National Maritime Museum's collection
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The Dance of Life
A brief look at the manuscript collection of Wilhelmine Ganz, a woman born in Berlin a few years before the unification of Germany, but who spent much of her life living in the neighborhoods of Greenwich and Lewisham, and forged a strong connection with the Royal Naval College.
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BISHI: shining a light on colonial histories
How artist BISHI transformed the Queen’s House and Old Royal Naval College for Diwali
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Boys and apprentices at the Dreadnought
Discover some of the surprising entries recently discovered in the medical records of the Dreadnought Seamen’s Hospital. Are you able to join our transcription project and help to unearth more?
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023 shortlist revealed
See a selection of the incredible space images shortlisted in Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023
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The art of rivalry: Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds
The two leading portrait painters of the 18th century weren't just competing for commissions. They each held fundamentally different beliefs about art