I hope you enjoy this week’s historical highlights.

If you’re feeling blue over the weather, the photographs accompanying this article might put things in perspective.

A review of the British Museum’s “blockbuster” exhibit Celts: Art and Identity.

If you can’t make it to England, at least you can check out this online exhibit: Celtic Life in Iron Age Britain.

Are you interested in archaeology? Occasionally — when I run into articles like this — I think I should learn more about the field.

Doesn’t this make you want to keep reading? “Curators putting together the Royal College of Physicians’ forthcoming exhibition about the mysterious Tudor courtier, magician, astrologer and polymath John Dee have discovered a page of handwritten text full of intriguing riddles and new clues about his life.” The full article is here.

On the UK National Archives blog, “Carianne Whitworth interviews acclaimed author and medical historian Richard Barnett about bodies, the relationship between art and medicine, and archival love affairs.”

This blog post urges readers not to forget about ancestors’ personalities and creativity when teaching children family history/genealogy.

Finally, here are some links to intriguing content from Canada’s History magazine:

• A half hour podcast on Black History Month
• Writer and director Paula Kelly describes the research she did for her documentary about Helen Armstrong, the “impassioned woman at the heart of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike”
• In 1862 a ship full of potential brides from England arrived in British Columbia… sounds like fodder for a novel, but maybe it’s been done already?
• Ever heard of Maria Lindsey Cobham, Canada’s Pirate Queen?
• Read about Montreal’s women architects of the 1960s.

As always, feel free to share interesting links in the comments.

Have a wonderful weekend.