Paul Cook-Giles reports that Edric Aaron Heartwood of the Kingdom of Caid has been "offered, and accepted, instantly, elevation to the Order of the Pelican."

A new exhibit at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusets, focusses on the largely-overlooked field of painted Renaissance terracotta sculptures.

In a lecture published on YouTube, Dirk H. Breiding, Assistant Curator for the Department of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses misconceptions about armor. (video)