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23/1/2025
The National Gallery - The Carracci Cartoons: Myths In The Making
Coinciding with our 'C C Land: The Wonder of Art' re-hang, this spring the National Gallery will present the Carracci cartoons (about 1599) in Room 1. This is a rare chance to see these extraordinary works which, at nearly four metres wide and two metres tall and in the delicate medium of charcoal and white chalk, are not often displayed.
17/1/2025
Foreign Secretary launches UK Soft Power Council
The Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport have launched the UK Soft Power Council to drive UK growth and security. Foreign Secretary launches Soft Power Council to help boost UK economic growth and security by bringing together experts from across culture, sport, the creative industries and geopolitics.17/1/2025
£60 Million Boost For Creative Industries To Turbocharge Growth
Hundreds of creative businesses and projects across the UK are to receive government funding to help them grow as part of a major boost to the economy - marking the first step of the Government's Sector Plan for the creative industries. Culture Secretary hosts major economic growth summit in Gateshead for creative industries and announces key priority areas.
14/1/2025
Chair Of Creative Scotland Review Confirmed
Survey launches to seek views of cultural sector. Dame Sue Bruce will chair the review of Creative Scotland, Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has announced.2/1/2025
Supporting Gaelic Heritage - New projects announced
The original manuscript of a Gaelic love song written during the Battle of the Somme is to be housed at a new cultural centre. North Uist Historical Society will receive £165,000 of Scottish Government funding to convert Carinish Old School and showcase items from its collection, many of which are currently kept in storage.25/12/2024
The Ten Best Novels Of 2024 - According To Literary Experts
With Something Good, the arts and culture newsletter from The Conversation UK, we aim to cut through the noise and recommend the very best in new releases every fortnight. In 2024, we've been spoiled for choice when it comes to recommending fiction.
25/12/2024
What Christmas Looked Like In The Middle Ages For One Grieving Family - From Carols To Charity And Chess
The experience of a Christmas in many countries today owes a great deal to the modern era. The Christmas tree, Christmas cards and the image of Santa Claus as a portly bearded gentleman in a red suit with white trimming all date to the 1800s and 1900s.
16/12/2024
Earning Half The Minimum Wage: New Report Reveals Pressures On Artists To Sustain Creative Life
Artists are generally thought of as either starving in a garret (La Bohème and all that) or jammy millionaires producing works valued at eye-watering sums (hello Damien Hirst). But the reality of life in the visual arts is more prosaic and a great deal more worrying, as the publication of Glasgow University's report into the pressures facing UK visual artists reveals.Flow Country Unesco Celebration At Lyth Arts Centre - 13 December 2024
A special event to mark and celebrate the Flow Country's successful bid to become a UNESCO World Heritage site. The evening will include a drinks reception, guest speakers and a screening of ‘When Fish Begin to Crawl’ with a chance to meet the team behind the bid.5/12/2024
Increased Funding For Arts And Culture
Hundreds of individuals and organisations to benefit. Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has said an additional £34 million in culture and arts spending next year will be "game-changing" for the sector.30/11/2024
Gala Queen and Santa at Wick Christmas Lights Switch On
The Gala Queen with Santa in attendance switched on he Wick Christmas Lights for 2024. Before the switch on children paraded into the Market Square with umbrellas decorated with many lights.
No Other Land - Lyth Arts Centre
Join us for a screening of No Other Land + a potluck dinner! Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta, has been fighting his community's mass expulsion by the Israeli occupation since childhood. Basel documents the gradual erasure of Masafer Yatta, as soldiers destroy the homes of families - the largest single act of forced transfer ever carried out in the occupied West Bank.
14/11/2024
Return Of Edinburgh's Hogmanay New Year's Day Events Programme
First Footin' - free New Year's Day live music trail returns with expanded programme featuring Karine Polwart, Valtos, Dead Pony, Mama Terra and more. Invitation to join 200-strong community choir for St Giles' Cathedreal performance.
14/11/2024
Scotland's Female Writers Dominate The Shortlist In This Year's Scotland's National Book Awards
Scotland's female literary talent took centre stage on Wednesday 30 October as The Saltire Society presented its Shortlists for Scotland's National Book Awards, one of the oldest literary prizes in the UK. The Awards celebrate exceptional talent across Fiction, Non-Fiction, First Book, Poetry and Research, recognising and rewarding the breadth of style, subject and individual flair on show on modern Scotland's literary stage.
14/11/2024
Minister Urges Live Music Industry To Introduce Voluntary Ticket Levy To Protect Grassroots Venues
Creative Industries Minister Sir Chris Bryant MP calls on live music industry to introduce voluntary ticket levy on stadiums and arenas to protect grassroots music sector, including venues, festivals, artists and promoters. Creative Industries Minister calls on industry to introduce levy on stadium and arena tickets.14/11/2024
The 2024 Scottish Alternative Music Awards Nominations Are Here
Becky Sikasa, EYVE, Leahgte, Pweatpants, SLIX, Brògeal among the nominees. The Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) returns for its 15th edition and is excited to announce the 2024 group of nominees.14/11/2024
Living Culture Celebrated At National Conference
Living culture and traditions embedded in Scotland's rich and diverse communities have been recognised and celebrated at a lively, thought-provoking day-long conference. Prompted by the UK's June ratification of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, over one hundred heritage professionals, cultural advocates, practitioners and public bodies from across Scotland and beyond gathered at Perthshire's Birnam Arts.
4/11/2024
Only 4 tickets Left for Kneecap at Lyth Arts
Of the 80,000 native Irish speakers, 6,000 live in the North of Ireland and three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This is the real-life story of how this anarchic Belfast trio became the unlikely figureheads of a civil rights movement to save and reinvigorate their mother tongue.
1/11/2024
Funding For UK's Growth-driving Creative Industries Confirmed In The Budget
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has welcomed confirmation in the Budget of the government's commitment to support the creative industries - as part of the Industrial Strategy - recognising the key role it can play in economic growth. Budget funding to help thousands of creative businesses grow across the UK.21/10/2024
Mòd Eireachdail An Òbain A' Còrdadh Ris Na Mìltean Agus A' Bhratach A' Dol Gu Loch Abar Air- Son 2025 Thousands enjoy magnificent Oban Mòd as flag is passed to Lochaber for 2025 
Tha Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail 2024 a' tighinn gu crìch, an tachartas as motha de a sheòrsa a th' air a bhith ann an còig bliadhna. Bidh tàlantan ciùil bho air feadh na dùthcha agus nas fhaide air falbh a' tighinn còmhla ann am baile seunta an Òbain a' toirt crìoch air an fhèis iongantach naoi-latha.
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