January 2023 Fellow's update: Tom Cannon

Emily Miller is Director of Learning at the Migration Museum. Her original Fellowship involved visits to Migration Museums in France, Belgium and the US to inform the establishment of a permanent Migration Museum in the UK and her current Activate grant is supporting the development of a Migration Museum Network in the UK. An update on the approval of planning permission for a long awaited permanent new venue for the Migration Museum in the City of London featured in The Standard newspaper.

By Emily Miller, 2023

Cultural Entomologist Bridget Nicholls (CF 2020) undertook her Fellowship to help save insects from extinction through awareness-raising workshops for the public. She appeared on The Museum of Curiosity on BBC Radio 4. In the programme Bridget talks about how insects aerate soil, thereby making it healthier for growing food and they get rid of rubbish we leave behind. Bridget says that insects "do the job of running the planet and we don't even thank them". She emphasized how many insects are becoming extinct and how her Pestival event showcases the ingenuity of insects through arts and culture.

By Bridget Nicholls, 2023