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BY Culture24
03.05.2016
Middle Earth Map annotated by JRR Tolkien acquired by Bodleian Libraries
The Bodleian has scooped the definitive version of Middle Earth - a map annotated by JRR Tolkien Detail of the map of Middle-earth, annotated by JRR Tolkien and Pauline Baynes. © The Tolkien Estate...
BY Culture24
03.05.2016
Thousands of people return to Victorian lake which Rudyard Kipling's parents named him after
Fish jugglers, mermaids and a tightrope walker inspired by a post-slavery hero - there's a renaissance at Rudyard Kipling's lake. Here are some vintage photos Rudyard Lake was originally a reservoir...
BY Culture24
29.04.2016
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016: A look at the five finalists
The Museum of the Year 2016 finalists include a 100-acre garden and the world's oldest psychiatric hospital Victoria & Albert Museum, London The Exhibition Road building project at the V&A ©...
BY Culture24
01.05.2016
Famous Somme football charge recreated on anniversary of fire which destroyed WWI collection
One of the most famous episodes from the first day of the Battle of the Somme is being recreated in England and France © Tim Richardson A year ago, a fire broke out at Clandon Park, the National...
BY Culture24
28.04.2016
A cobbled floor from 200 years ago has been uncovered beneath an ancient seat in Cornwall
Archaeologists have found the floor and central wall of a collapsed ancient deer house in Cornwall Working in all weathers, a team of archaeologists have revealed the floor of a deer house in...
BY Culture24
28.04.2016
"Cheap at twice the price": Artist takes Routemaster bus to streets of Aberdeen as festival kicks off
Turner Prize winners, a brightly-coloured bus and innovative local artists combine for a five-day festival Doug Fishbone, seen here on his Thames River Booze Cruise in 2013, is about to tour...
BY EUROPEANA
27.04.2016
One man’s mass production of opera
Around 170 dramatic secular and 40 dramatic sacred works: this is the number of works that Italian composer Antonio Draghi created over the course of 30 years. He is said to have written around 6...
BY Culture24
27.04.2016
End of Empire: Yinka Shonibare MBE on his new exhibition at Margate's Turner Contemporary
As his new exhibition opens at Turner Contemporary, the artist discusses the EU Referendum, the First World War and adopting a reconciliatory approach Yinka Shonibare MBE in front of his new work...
BY Culture24
27.04.2016
Object of the Week: The news sheets relating the King's surrender days after the fall of Newark in the English Civil War
In March 1645, news sheets confirmed that Newark had been taken during a Civil War clash These news sheets, published days after the fall of Newark, relate the King's surrender © National Civil War...
BY Culture24
26.04.2016
Sicily: British Museum's Culture and Conquest exhibition paints colourful portrait of 4,000 years on an island
Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans: the history of Sicily’s conquerors reads as a roll call of the great ancient civilisations Limestone head from a temple. Selinous,...
BY Culture24
26.04.2016
Metamorphosis: Experts say 21st century is seventh age of William Shakespeare's works
Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s baptism, a new exhibition suggests digitising his work only creates the latest stage in its metamorphosis Watch the video of the installation on...
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22.04.2016
Dnevi evropske kulturne dediščine in Teden kulturne dediščine 2016 - podaljšan rok za prijave
Obveščamo vas, da smo podaljšali rok za prijavo dogodkov ob Dnevih evropske kulturne dediščine in Tednu kulturne dediščine 2016 na 13. maj 2016 . Prijave so možne preko spletnega obrazca:...
BY Culture24
22.04.2016
Win a copy of Where's Warhol, the new illustrated take on Where's Wally by Laurence King
Where’s Warhol (Laurence King Publishing) is the latest and most unique take on the ever popular Where’s Wally. Win a copy in Culture24's competition © Catherine Ingram and Andrew Rae This version...
BY Culture24
23.04.2016
Shakespeare 400: Art and theatre meet in spectacular Compton Verney and Royal Shakespeare Company exhibition
Astonishing art and theatre combine in a powerful exhibition at Compton Verney with the Royal Shakespeare Company Kristin and Davy McGuire, Ophelia's Ghost © Kristin and Davy McGuire Shakespeare was...
BY Culture24
24.04.2016
Shakespeare's Dead: Deathbeds, leering skulls and the folio that started it all
Death is eternal in Shakespeare. From Desdemona’s deathbed to a tomb of books, the words repeatedly reflect a time when death had a deeply religious context, often divisive and violent in its power...
BY Culture24
25.04.2016
A man of note: The artwork behind William Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet's £20 note
A new Bank of England Museum exhibition revisits the beautiful artwork of the Shakespeare £20 series D note issued in 1970 - and remembers designer Harry Eccleston six years after his death ©...
BY EUROPEANA
21.04.2016
Get set, #Europeana280 – join us as we celebrate Europe’s art history the digital way
Today, we’re excited to kickstart Europeana 280 , our cross-border campaign to get Europe excited about its shared art heritage and celebrate our new site, Europeana Art History Collections . ...
BY Culture24
21.04.2016
In Search of Anne Brontë: Win a copy of the first biography of the youngest Brontë in more than half a century
Celebrate Charlotte Brontë's 200th anniversary by winning the new book on the life of her sister, Anne © Courtesy The History Press While Charlotte and Emily may be the older and more famous...
BY Culture24
21.04.2016
In Search of Anne Brontë: On Charlotte's birthday, revisiting the life of the sibling rival of the "Queen of Yorkshire"
In Search of Anne Brontë is the first biography of the youngest Brontë in over half a century. Author and historian Nick Holland reveals the sincere woman behind Action Bell – and her short life of...
BY Culture24
21.04.2016
