God’s House Tower to open as arts centre
The 700-year-old God's House Tower at Southampton’s centre opens as an arts and heritage venue next week after a £3.1m refit.
Call for artists to breathe life into dead spaces
A challenge has gone out to artists, architects and creatives to revive unloved areas of London’s 2019 Borough of the Year, Waltham Forest.
Creativity in schools vital for later success – Durham Report
Creativity in the curriculum is essential if young people are to be properly prepared for a successful work life, according to an Arts Council/Durham University led research programme whose report is published today.
Carnegie’s Dunfermline home is most friendly museum
The tiny Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline is is the UK’s most family friendly museum this year, it was announced today.
Restored figureheads centrepiece for Plymouth’s £40m The Box
Fourteen carved 19c figureheads from Devonport, Plymouth, have been saved from decay in a unique project by three teams of conservators.
DCMS announces £250m for regional cultural investment
The government today announced a new £250m Cultural Investment Fund for heritage projects around the country, in its biggest ever single investment in cultural infrastructure.
Moving Roots reaching out from Battersea
Battersea Arts Centre’s touring network Moving Roots has announced five partners around the country for its three year programme.
Cater to lead UK Theatre
Sebastian Cater is to be the new head of UK Theatre, the membership organisation that represents the performing arts and theatre outside London.
Turner Contemporary features on new £20 note
Turner Contemporary, the Margate art gallery opened eight years ago, is to feature on the new £20 on which the artist J M W Turner is to be the theme.
Annilese Miskimmon to be ENO’s next artistic director
The Ulster-born director of Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Annilese Miskimmon, is to be English National Opera’s next artistic director.
