Building on my first Priceless? blog, this week I’d like to issue a challenge: how many measures of ‘cultural value’ can you think of?
The headline on page two of The Sun on Boxing Day screamed ‘POOR LOSE OUT IN LOTTO COVER-UP’. Worse, the article – badged EXCLUSIVE – began with the sinister claim that ‘Ministers were yesterday accused of helping Lotto bosses cover up a grants scandal that penalises the poor.’ ‘How dare they?’ I inwardly screamed. For…
Alex Evans, programming guru and co-founder of Guildford based Media Molecule video games studio (which brought us Little Big Planet) on how good programming skills are merely the foundation for creative content creation, while casting his mind back to the birth of the home gaming era.
This interactive blog seeks to stimulate discussion across the cultural sector on the very idea of measuring cultural value. Dr Claire Donovan is an academic working at DCMS to write a report on this issue, and wants to know what you think. Can the value of culture be measured by government in monetary (or other)…
At the beginning of 2011, the Bursary Blog started following a group of arts graduates taking their first steps in the creative industries thanks to the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme. They took us behind the scenes with blogs and vlogs showing us what their organisations do, what their jobs involved and what it meant…
Celebrating 10 years of free entry to national museums, we’re featuring guest blogs from across the wide range of DCMS-sponsored museums. Today, Roger Highfield, former Editor of New Scientist and current Director of External Affairs at the National Museum of Science and Industry, takes a look at how geek chic and the charms of a…
From naked bike rides to an unusual version of dominos via the mysteries of gaffa tape, arts graduate Michelle Thomas fills us in on what she’s learnt from her placement at an opera company through the DCMS Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme.
Football is our national sport and is a big part of daily life. Whether it’s watching, playing or supporting our favourite teams, football is in our blood.
Olympic hopeful Julz Adeniran joined Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt in Worcester earlier this month at a School Games summit with schools from the West Midlands. The 110m hurdler explains why he is backing the School Games and how he is aiming for selection for Team GB.
Last week was busier than usual. Or so it seemed, as we completed stages two and three of the Regional Tour to help promote the tourism potential that comes along with the Olympics next year.
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