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Monthly Archives: July 2015

What it means to win Museum of the Year

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, July 17, 2015 — Culture

Dr. Maria Balshaw is Director of the Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
. http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/about/staff/drmariabalshaw/

Whitworth gallery
In today’s guest blog post Dr. Maria Balshaw, Director of the Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries
 explains what it means to be awarded Museum of the Year. As I write this, the Whitworth, the University of Manchester’s gallery in the park, has been Museum of the Year for just over two weeks. I think…
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A Special Delivery for our Postal Heritage

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, July 15, 2015 — Culture

Following the announcement that Historic England and Royal Mail have committed to manage and conserve the network of post boxes in their existing locations across the UK, Baroness Neville-Rolfe takes a look back at the history of the UK’s treasured post boxes.  Like black taxis in London, the blue plaques we put on historic buildings…
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Getting into publishing

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, July 2, 2015 — Culture

Harper Collins office
HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne provides a valuable insight into what publishers are looking for when recruiting. This is a golden age for book publishing, with more people reading than ever before across an unprecedented range of platforms and devices. As publishers we bring our authors and their stories to as wide an audience as possible.…
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