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  • Interview with Museum Cat, Oswald Clingan Smith 17 February 2016, Oswald Clingan Smith
  • A portrait of Venezuelan general and politician Simón Bolívar identified in Stirling 30 April 2019, Marion Richards
  • How Thomas Stuart Smith created a legacy in Stirling 08 October 2018, Michael McGinnes
  • Thomas Stuart Smith's 'The Pipe of Freedom' 27 December 2021, Nicola Wilson
  • Two Victorian portraits of men of colour: 'A Fellah of Kinneh' and 'The Pipe of Freedom' 08 October 2018, Michael McGinnes
  • Archibald Kay's 'The Quarry, Furnace' 28 May 2013, Valerie Boa
  • Six Scottish Robert Burns statues 22 January 2020, Rhona Taylor
  • Get closer to the art you love 02 January 2019, Jade King
  • The rectangular cows of Art UK 13 April 2018, Molly Tresadern
  • Art Matters podcast: the art history of witches 22 October 2019, Ferren Gipson
  • 100 things we learnt from the Great British Art Quiz 20 August 2020, Lydia Figes and Andrew Shore
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