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, artistic, political, …

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 by the …

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 events are …

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 support …

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 published estimates …

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 or non-existent …

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.

Baroness Stowell of Beeston has been appointed chair of the charity commission. Before her appointment the DCMS committee wrote to the appointing Secretary of State, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, on 20 February, saying that it could not support the nomination of Baroness Stowell. Its reasons for …

The House of Commons Library has published a briefing on the Data Protection Bill  which had its second reading on 5 March 2018. This briefing notes that the Bill has several purposes: it sets out how the UK would apply the derogations available under the GDPR it aims to …

A multi-million pound fund to transform the UK’s coastal communities through investment in jobs, skills and local businesses has opened for bids. The Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) supports the economic transformation of UK coastal communities by giving funding to create sustainable economic growth and jobs. Successful projects …

The Heritage Alliance’s legal partner, Bates Wells Braithwaite, is setting up a charity hubin its offices to offer charities the opportunity to rent open-plan desk space on either a long or short-term license basis. We are expecting the Hub to be open in May. Interest can be …