Historic England has published ‘The British Mosque’ which presents the first overview of Muslim architecture in Britain, from the earliest examples in the late 19th century, to the mosques being built today. Key architectural stages are identified and explained alongside the social history of Muslim …

Arts Minister, Michael Ellis, has placed a temporary export bar on The Destruction of Pharaoh’s Host, by the British artist John Martin (1789-1854), to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country. The watercolour is at risk of being exported from the UK unless …

The Charity Commission has updated its guidance on how charities can protect themselves from fraud to update the cyber-security section with a link to the new National Cyber Security Centre guidance for charities.

The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member] is planning a £4.3 million project to restore Sunderland’s 1719, Grade I listed, Holy Trinity The CCT has already secured nearly £1 million of match funding and will soon hear the outcome of a bid to the Heritage Lottery …

Buzzfeed has revealed that Queer Britain: The National LGBTQ+ Museum is being planned for London. According to those behind the plans, it will dwarf existing museums devoted to queer history elsewhere– most notably Berlin’s Schwules Museum – and draw together an unprecedented collection of historical, …

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, has announced Waltham Forest as London Borough of Culture 2019 and Brent as London Borough of Culture 2020. The London Borough of Culture award is a major new initiative launched by the Mayor Sadiq Khan in June 2017 – inspired …

Great Exhibition of the North is a free, summer-long celebration of the North of England’s pioneering spirit. The country’s biggest event in 2018, it will pack a programme of amazing exhibits, live performances, displays of innovation, new artworks and unforgettable experiences into 80 days. Heritage …

Libraries Deliver: Ambition sets out the Government’s and Libraries Taskforce’s vision for, and commitment to, public libraries in England. It sets out how library services in England can help transform people, communities and society as a whole. It also provides a confirmation of how libraries …

The statistics published by DCMS note that, among other things, GVA from Creative Industries, Cultural Sector and Digital sectors is largely concentrated in London and the South East regions. However, the statistics are of limited use for the heritage sector as they recognise ‘that the …

DCMS has published statistics on visits to its sponsored Museums and galleries in 2018 In January 2018 there were a total of 3.2 million visits to the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries. This is a decrease of 2.2 per cent (72,000 visits) compared with January 2017.

Two proposals for law reform relating to museum collections to the Law Commission form part of the Law Commission’s Thirteenth Programme of Law Reform 2017 (Law Com, No 377). The programme notes that museums face significant problems dealing with objects where, as result of poor …

EU ministers responsible for culture have stressed the need for wider access to culture, preservation of cultural diversity, more serious public funding, and the mobility of artists. Several delegates also referred to culture as a means of resisting Euroscepticism and populism.