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Places of Poetry launches search for thousands of poems
People are penning poems about the places they love and pinning them to a digital map as part of a new National Lottery project – and you are invited to add your own!
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Stories
Changing lives: how Sean is helping others leave addiction behind
Right in the centre of Bristol, next to the busy bus station, is the city’s oldest building, the 900-year-old National Lottery-funded St James Priory Church. On the same site is St James House, a residential support centre for people recovering from addiction. Both are run by St James House Project
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Seven days to celebrate #MuseumWeek 2019
We're getting involved with Museum Week's seven themes over seven days using seven hashtags. To celebrate, we're sharing one fantastic National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported museum every day.
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What is Open Data?
The Open Data movement is growing, and more and more government departments, charities and funders are signing up to it.
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Changing lives: volunteering helps Ben turn away from trouble
The youth club at the Galley Centre offered the young people of Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, a reason to keep off the streets and out of trouble. But when bored teenagers, including some of 17-year-old Ben's friends, vandalised the centre, the youth club was closed down. It left them with nothing to do
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New exhibition tells story of Teesside's steelmaking history
Opening today (5 April) at Kirkleatham Museum in Redcar, Steel Stories brings together local voices for the museum's "best exhibition yet".
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The story of the Hornchurch skatepark that made history
The Hornchurch site holds a very special place in the hearts of skaters and BMX riders across the world. Supported by The National Lottery, they have come together to tell their stories, the story of Rom and now the fight to secure its future. A little corner of California Built during a very rainy
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Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery turns back time to original design
At a grand manor house in Ealing, 175 years’ worth of paint layers and unsympathetic renovations have been peeled back to reveal the stunning original design of one of the UK’s most influential architects. Soane’s house of art and entertainment Sir John Soane, architect of buildings including the
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National Football Museum acquires prize-winning Toynbee artwork thanks to National Lottery grant
The National Football Museum has acquired an exciting new painting to add to its collection of 20th century art, thanks to National Lottery players.
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Leeds Eulogy project to celebrate Jamaican lives
An “uplifting” tribute is to be made to the many first-generation Jamaicans who travelled 5,000 miles to make a new life in the city of Leeds.
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Sleaford’s historic drinking fountain to enter the fightback against plastic waste
Thirty five million plastic bottles are used every day in the UK, contributing to what is widely acknowledged as a crisis for our environment.
Assistant conservator Lydia Messerschmidt views the mummy mask and wreath of Montsuef at the National Museum of Scotland
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Scotland’s National Museum unveils final phase of dramatic transformation
Three new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland opened to the public this week. It marks the completion of a 15-year, £80million redevelopment, creating one of the world’s finest museums.