What the site itself does
These pages are a static publication. The supplied editorial code does not create reader accounts, operate a comment database, embed third-party advertising, or include analytics or advertising trackers. Images, styles and scripts are requested from the site itself.
Hosting and network services necessarily process technical information to deliver pages. This can include an IP address, request time, requested resource, browser information and security-related records. The exact logging and retention depend on the deployed hosting configuration. This policy does not claim that visiting a website produces no server records.
Contact drafts stay local until you send them
The contact tool assembles plain text in the page’s memory. It does not send your name, email address, subject or message to a submission endpoint, and it does not deliberately save drafts in cookies or browser storage. Your browser may separately offer autofill or form restoration under your own settings.
Copying a message writes it to your device clipboard when the browser permits. Downloading creates a text file on your device. Other applications or device features may have access to clipboard contents or local files according to your settings. Clear the clipboard or delete the file if you no longer need it.
Email correspondence
If you choose to send an email, the recipient and email providers process the address, message, attachments and associated metadata. We use correspondence to assess story suggestions, answer appropriate enquiries, review corrections and handle publication-related requests. Do not send sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for your enquiry.
Correspondence should be retained only as long as reasonably needed for the enquiry, editorial accountability, security or applicable legal obligations. There is no automatic deletion schedule in the local contact tool because it does not operate an inbox or a server-side message store.
Cookies and additional site services
The editorial code described here does not set cookies or use localStorage. Hosting infrastructure or separately supplied consent services may behave differently; any such services must be described accurately when deployed. See the cookie page for the scope of the supplied code and browser controls.
External links
Links to museums, institutions and other sources take you to services with their own policies. We do not control their data handling. A click may disclose ordinary request information to the destination; review that service’s policy before sharing additional data.
Your choices and requests
You can read the editorial pages without submitting personal details. Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction or other treatment of personal data held about you, and to complain to a relevant supervisory authority. Those rights may have conditions or exceptions.
Send privacy enquiries to [email protected] with “Privacy request” in the subject. Provide enough context to identify the correspondence concerned, but do not send identity documents unless a proportionate verification method has been agreed. We cannot erase records controlled independently by your email provider or another website.
Security and changes
No online service can guarantee absolute security. We seek to minimise unnecessary data collection and ask readers to avoid sharing sensitive information. This policy may change when site functionality changes; the published text should reflect the services actually in use. Nothing here limits rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.