JHLewis published History on loan at Nottingham's artefacts service

The Arctic skua is usually found no closer to Nottingham than the gale-blown Orkney Islands. Happily the city council has one of its very own and this week the sea bird had his plumage inspected and his eyeballs polished with methylated spirit.Doing the preening? Janet Lievesley, a volunteer with the city's museums and galleries. One of her roles is to administer TLC to the taxidermy collection which form part of Access Artefacts – the service that lends objects of curiosity to schools and