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Fierce contest for HLF cash
Applications for lottery money for capital projects are hugely oversubscribed
A spy in the house…
It was an awesome display of power as Charles Saumarez Smith, Neil MacGregor and Mark Jones sat side-by-side before the first session of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee. It put one in mind of the closing sequence of the film Ghostbusters, where the eccentric brainbox, the reclusive genius and the suave, smooth-talking one …
Ipswich and Colchester join up
The museum services in Ipswich and Colchester are to merge from 1 April after both councils voted to support the decision. The combined Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service will be responsible for about 85 staff and six museums. The councils have agreed to fund the new service at existing levels, plus inflation, for the coming …