Horrible Histories: A Whiz-bang day out in Manchester.
**** The Times

Emma Mahony and her son Humphrey review our new exhibition, Horrible Histories, and it comes up trumps with 4 stars from Emma and a whopping great 5 stars from Humphrey.

Humphrey's Horrible Histories Hit List

Object-handling session: “The object-handling session scored top because it feels special to hold and wear real First World War items. The hats were itchier, the grenades were heavier and the shells for the 13- pounder gun were much bigger than expected.”

Interactive touch-screen quizzes: “I learnt that people weren't allowed to write abroad in invisible ink or speak in a foreign language on the phone.”

Martin Brown's cartoons: “The cartoons made things seem a bit happier than they were and should stop kids being put off by all the misery.”

German trench gun: “It was like a tiny cannon from a ship. I like anything that you can look down the barrel of; it makes history more real.”
To listen to an interview on ALLFM with Terry Deary and IWM North's Special Exhibition Manager, David Hopkins, click here

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