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, February 23, 2011 — Media, broadband and creative industries

Director of UK Games Talent and Finance CIC

Paul Durrant, Director of Business Development at the University of Abertay Dundee – an institution recently higlighted in an industry report as a leading light in computer games education – celebrates the 20th anniversary of the seminal computer game Lemmings and describes the university’s efforts to ensure the next generation of game developers have the…

The HLF go to the country, and Scandinavian chefs triumph as our Langoustine and caviar ‘buttons’ come 13th

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, February 14, 2011 — Culture

John David Penrose is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Heritage Lottery Fund. One of the original good causes when the Lottery was set up more than 16 years ago, it has been quietly going about its business and, with the bare minimum of fuss and kerfuffle, has been putting money into projects and programmes that have…