During the Second World War, workers digging peat for the construction of the RAF Valley airfield on Anglesey/Ynys Mon came across a hoard of over 150 Iron Age objects, including weapons, jewellery and tools. The find offers us a glimpse into the trade networks and craftsmanship of ancient Welsh …

The oldest visual representation of a lion in Georgia (2500–3000 BC) this little golden figurine, highly decorated and just a few centimetres, served as inspiration for the logo of the National Bank of Georgia …

It can sometimes seem as if there’s a museum for everything. The Pencil Museum gets cited often, but less so the Pen Museum, which is a shame, as Birmingham was a major pen-making industry in the Victorian era …