The Heritage Lottery Fund – sorry, the now rebranded National Lottery Heritage Fund – has just issued its new Strategic Framework for 2019 to 2024 and it includes some of the most significant changes to heritage funding since the National Lottery was introduced. Here is a ‘hot take’ on some of the bigger changes and what they could mean for the sector. Read more
A short round-up of important or interesting news and reports from our sectors. Read more
What is it that makes King’s Cross tick? How has it created the perception that ‘there is always something going on’ there? Dan Anderson analyses the online events calendar for King’s Cross and draws some conclusions. Read more
Twenty years ago, Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim released his most influential album – You’ve Come a Long Way Baby. In a recent BBC Radio 2 documentary, Cook talked intimately about the making of the album, with many references to Brighton. Ten years earlier, Cook moved to Brighton to study History of Tourism and his love affair with the city began. After DJ’ing a gig in the British Airways i360 this summer, Jim Roberts – director of Fourth Street – met up with Cook to discuss his views on Brighton, its heritage and tourism. Click here to read the interview.
Alan Blumlein wins a Grammy – the power of stories to define a place. Read more
