Local author Eve Smith delivered a thrilling breakfast talk in our Rumble Museum Fantasy & Speculative Fiction season! She talked about the process of creating a world, including careful research, imagining the possible outcomes and how to avoid 'info-dumping'...

Anyone recognise one of these?! We were delighted to receive a donation of a 1960s "trimphone" last week! It has joined out Technology through Time Collection on the first floor of the Lane Building.— Rumble Museum (@RumbleMuseum) Jan 22, 2026

Y9s made their first visit of the new year to the Arboretum as part of our continuing work with Dr Lauren Baker to develop new ideas for signage. We saw the furry buds  of magnolias, the bright colours of dogwood, and the softness of a  Taiwan Cypres...