As the third Communications Review seminar gets underway at DCMS today, Henry Anderton from the department’s Comms Review team looks back at discussions on issues such as consumer data, competition and even fish bladders.
Sports psychologist and founder of the Ames UK Swim School, Vicky Panagiotidou, shares her excitement at being a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer.
Jo Morrison, Digital Projects Director at Central Saint Martins College (CSM), looks at art and design between the 1948 and 2012 Games and how the World Shakespeare Festival is collaborating with the University of the Arts London – which is comprised of six colleges: CSM; London College of Fashion (LCF); London College of Communication (LCC);…
As the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) launches its new funding framework, Chair Dame Jenny Abramsky looks at how the organisation aims to make a lasting difference for heritage and people in the years ahead.
We all know the old gag about waiting ages for a bus and then three come along at once. Well, something like that – or an extreme version of it – seems to have been happening this year in the UK.
How can CASE data be brought to life through third party software? Sally Staples, Cultural Strategy Manager at East Sussex County Council, explains.
Stephen Gifford is the Chief Economist at Grant Thornton and Project Director for the Grant Thornton consortium, which includes Ecorys, Loughborough University, Oxford Economics and a number of academics. He has nearly 20 years’ experience as a professional economist.
With just 42 days to go until the Games, Hugh Robertson looks back at the how the Olympics project has transformed East London and looks forward to the Queen’s official birthday celebration.
A few weeks ago I ‘listed’ a couple of petrol stations, both of which exhibited design features that harked back to an era when motoring was more of an ‘adventure’ than it is perhaps today. The experts at English Heritage had enthused about the ‘overlapping parasols’ and ‘hyperbolic paraboloids’ they displayed, and I was happy…
So, how was that then? Rather good I thought. The weather could have been a bit brighter but, heavens above, no one who was there – whether at one of the big events or their own local street party – will ever forget it.
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