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Monthly Archives: September 2015

Dr Hilary Jones on the importance of sport

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, September 29, 2015 — Sport

Physical activity is vital for optimal health and that includes psychological as well as social and physical well-being. Our bodies are expressly designed to move, perform and give us pleasure. Hundreds of muscles, bones, tendons, nerves and joints have all evolved for maximum efficiency and are all powered by the incredible engine that is our…
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Become a Somme Young Ambassador

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, September 28, 2015 — Uncategorized

The ballot has now launched for the public to join the commemorations commemorations to mark 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. To mark this, we have launched the Somme Young Ambassadors competition. Presenter and historian, Dan Snow explains how you can take part.   The Somme is one of the biggest and most costly battles…
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Bringing the Flying Scotsman back to life

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, September 26, 2015 — Culture

Museum Director at the National Railway Museum

With Flying Scotsman now taking shape in the Bury workshop of Riley & Son (E) Ltd, the National Railway Museum, which marks its 40th anniversary this week, is in the last phases of a complex £4.2m project to bring a steam legend back to life. Museum Director Paul Kirkman gives us a whistlestop tour of the…
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‘London 2012 changed women’s sport forever, but there’s still more to do’

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, September 25, 2015 — Sport

Guardian Sports writer and Chair of Women in Football

Three summers ago, as we watched fireworks explode over the East End of London for the closing ceremony of an Olympic Games that had captivated a nation, we didn’t honestly know what the legacy of London 2012 would be. Regeneration, investment, grassroots sport, a healthier and more active nation, all of these were hoped for,…
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Tourism students strengthening the industry

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, September 24, 2015 — Tourism

Dr Brigitte Stangl is a lecturer in tourism and the programme leader in international tourism management BSc at the University of Surrey. She shares her experience as a tourism lecturer and helping students, as part of our first #MyTourismJob day – taking place on the last Thursday of every month.  It is well known that…
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Share your ideas for a new cultural programme

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, September 4, 2015 — Culture

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

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It’s 50 years since Jennie Lee, the first Minister for the Arts, published the first White Paper on the arts. In it, she talked about the “drabness and joylessness of the social furniture” and the important role of the “living artist” in addressing that. We’ve come a long way since then. Government’s role in supporting…
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