Regeneration
Profile | ‘This story gives people a reason to come to the region and see its beauty’
As a festival launches in Tees Valley to celebrate the bicentenary of the first public rail journey, the event's director Niccy Hallifax tells us about the railway's role in regeneration, revolution – and even the advent of universal time
The Box will revive Plymouth’s civic pride
Regeneration needs imagination and ambition, says Victoria Pomery
Collaboration has forged Blackburn’s cultural identity
The town’s creative spirit didn’t stop when the cotton mills closed, says Rebecca Johnson
Bradford 2025: Building on the City of Culture legacy
The festival can act as a catalyst for cultural regeneration – as long as stakeholders are in it for the long haul. Caroline Parry reports
Science and Media Museum reopens ahead of Bradford’s year as City of Culture
Twelve-month programme of cultural events and exhibitions launches this weekend
Capital museum projects face uncertainty as government mulls £100m cut
Funding for National Museums Liverpool, National Railway Museum and V&A Dundee could be withdrawn
Heritage Fund awards £30m in grants as it prepares for 30th birthday
Windrush port and Crystal Palace dinosaurs among the heritage attractions to receive lottery boost
Wish you were here | Is life always sunny for seaside museums?
At the height of the summer holiday season, John Holt dodges dive-bombing seagulls to talk to coastal museums about leaking roofs, fossil hunting and the grand old tradition of appropriating items from hotel bedrooms
