Theatres closing for RAAC inspections
Theatres are having to close to have their buildings safety assessed for RAAC, the building material that is also affecting some schools, hospitals and concert halls.
Thangham Debbonaire takes Labour`s culture brief
The former professional cellist and now MP for Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire, is the new shadow culture secretary, in a job-swap with Lucy Powell.
Tamsin Ace to head East Bank culture hub
East Bank, the. new cultural quarter in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London’s East End, is to be led as director by Tamsin Ace, currently head of cultural programming at the London College of Fashion (LCF).
Mark Jones appointed interim BM director
Sir Mark Jones, the former director of the V&A, has been appointed interim director of the British Museum in place of Hartwig Fischer who has resigned over the scandal of objects stolen from the collections.
BM appoints interim deputy director
Professor Carl Heron, director of scientific research at the British Museum, has been appointed the museum’s interim deputy director.
Museum Wales replace director-general with CEO
National Museums Wales - Amgueddfa Cymru - have appointed Jane Richardson in the new post of chief executive, replacing the old post of director-general held by David Anderson until his retirement in April after ten years.
Sacred totem pole returned to Canada
A hand-carved 11-feet tall toem pole has been returned. By the National Museum of Scotland to its home among the Nisga’a nation, the original inhabitants of Canada.
Fischer to leave British Museum immediately
The director of the British Museum, Hartwig Fischer, is to step down with immediate effect as the scandal over stolen objects grows.
‘Artists not contributing enough to city development’ – report
A new study shows that, despite expectations that art and creativity would lead a renaissance for “hipster” cities, the link between artists and gentrification is surprisingly weak.
Dickens, child labourer
Charles Dickens was forced to work among rats in a boot blacking factory for ten hours a day, six days a week, from the age of 11, a year earlier than had been thought.
