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Do you have what it takes to be a Fun Palace? Features | January 28, 2014

“Choose what you want to do ... dance, talk or be lifted up to where you can see how other people make things work. Sit out over space with a drink and tune in to what’s happening elsewhere in the city. Try starting a riot or beginning a painting – or just lie back and stare at the sky.” (Fun Palace, 1961)

Regions and the Capital Blogs | November 28, 2013

While the debate about the unfairness in funding between London and the English regions continues, I am making my contribution by focusing this month on what’s going on outside the capital! The new Stonehenge is almost here…. If you had waited on the windy Salisbury plain for the new Stonehenge visitor centre, you would have… Read more »

The £1.7m Sacrewell Watermill Restoration Project is recruiting for a Project Officer Features | November 18, 2013

Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre, owned and managed by the William Scott Abbott Trust, is a popular Farm Attraction located to the west of Peterborough with 80,000 visitors a year. The William Scott Abbott Trust has been awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support the £1.7m Sacrewell Watermill Restoration Project at Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre. The Watermill is a nationally important Grade II* listed building and one of the few working watermills remaining.

The Ghosts of Dickens’s Past Features | October 20, 2013

Interpreting the life and loves, writing and legacy of a household name such as Charles Dickens is a daunting task. A man of many parts and passions, Charles Dickens embodies our perception of Victorian Britain. He is universally known, and yet many aspects of his life are not generally understood. Working with the Trustees and staff of The Charles Dickens Museum to develop the design approach for the Great Expectations project, we were privileged to be able to tell Dickens’s story through his last remaining London home and the museum’s collections.

Commemorating the First World War Blogs | September 17, 2013

On a military note While we are preparing for the commemoration of the First World War, more below, London’s military offer is about to increase again. This time it is Bentley Priory which after a great deal of effort and fundraising is welcoming prebooked groups in October and the public in the New Year, after… Read more »

Social Media Through Thick and Thin Features | August 28, 2013

Social Media Through Thick and Thin –there’s a title. When we were asked to talk about social media at this year’s Museums and Heritage show, our first thoughts were ‘why us’? There must be lots of social media gurus out there, even within the rarefied world of Museums and Heritage. Everyone understands about social media now don’t they – we’ve all got twitter feeds and facebook pages and are instagramming to our heart’s content, giving all our images that lovely colour saturated or fuzzy 1977 feel.

Torre Abbey restoration successfully completed and opened 8 months early Features | August 7, 2013

Torre Abbey Historic House in Torquay re-opened after an extensive restoration programme on Saturday 27 July.

Top Tips on Accessible Marketing for Cultural Attractions Features | July 14, 2013

England is striving to become internationally recognised as a leading destination for people with access needs. What more can your attraction do to benefit from engaging with this group?

What do people want? Blogs | April 24, 2013

Those of us in marketing have debated this question for ever. Do we lead or follow public opinion as expressed through focus groups? Earlier this year the Museums Association commissioned in-depth research into people’s attitude to museums. A number of issues related to the Museums 2020 report (see below) were put to groups across the… Read more »

Travel broadens the mind a bit…. Blogs | April 1, 2013

While travel broadens the mind, it also makes you appreciate what there is on your doorstep. Your blogger has just returned from magical Venice, having enjoyed the comfort and excellent organisation of Martin Randall Travel on a cultural tour. But in every other Venetian venue, whether a church or museum, I was reminded of UK… Read more »

How to make the UK’s culture and architecture accessible for all? Features | March 21, 2013

As a wheelchair user myself, and as someone with a background in the visual arts and a keen interest in history and architecture, I have often found accessing heritage sites a challenge. Therefore as Programme Director for Accentuate – the 2012 Legacy programme which commissions and produces projects which challenge perceptions of disability within society – I have been really pleased that over the last four years, we have worked in partnership with English Heritage and the Heritage Open Day programme to explore ways of making heritage events and sites more accessible to Deaf and disabled visitors.