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‘I want sport participation to become part of our country’s DNA’

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, August 14, 2015 — Sport

Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage

It’s no secret that sport has always been a particular passion of mine. I think most people would expect it to be, given that I’m the Sports Minister. When I was growing up, I enjoyed every sport going, graduating from playing in local teams to becoming an FA-qualified football coach and managing, until recently, an…
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#EveryRoadtoRio

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, August 6, 2015 — National Lottery

Dan Purvis
Marking one year to go until the Rio Olympics, Scotland’s Gold medal winning gymnast Dan Purvis talks about his preparations and bid to make Team GB  I can’t believe it’s only a year to go to the next Olympic Games! Training’s going really well at the moment; a lot of clever training is needed when…
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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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After Waterloo, the Art of Peace

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, June 22, 2015 — Culture

Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings at Royal Collection Trust, describes the cultural legacy of the Battle of Waterloo through the art in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle. The Battle of Waterloo, fought two hundred years ago, has left a broad cultural legacy. Paintings, sculptures, prints, medals, histories, novels and songs were…
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