Stephanie Nourse

LondonWorld •

Fashion college joins 'new culture and education powerhouse' in east London

V&A East will host The Music Is Black: A British Story in 2025. Sadiq Khan visited East Bank for the launch of the new London College of Fashion and the announcement of the first major V&A East exhibition at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park today (November 1). Sadiq Khan told LondonWorld: "Five years ago we embarked on our vision for an East Bank as one of the legacies for the Olympics, and what this was about is having some of the world's finest institutions here in the East End.” The new London
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Young V&A to transport Londoners to Japan in new Myths to Manga exhibition

The exhibition showcasing Japanese culture to children and their families will open at Young V&A this weekend. A new exhibition showcasing Japanese culture to children and their families will open at the Young V&A this weekend. Japan: Myths to Manga which will go on display this Saturday (October 14) traces the influence of Japanese folklore on contemporary design, from art and animation to robots, fashion and film. The Japanese-themed display will the first exhibition at the Young V&A museum
LondonWorld •

Jewish Museum London awarded £231,000 National Lottery grant to continue educational work

The Jewish Museum London has moved out of it Camden base, but it has ambitious plans for the future. The Jewish Museum London has been awarded almost a quarter of a million pounds to continue its outreach and educational work as it looks for a new permanent home. A £231,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will support a new model for the museum to run its Jewish Museum London On The Move project to London schools and the wider community while it relocates. The "museum without wa
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Watch: Kenwood House lit up with Christmas light trail

The grounds of the 17th-century former stately home Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath have been illuminated with a variety of colourful installations. Christmas at Kenwood has returned with a new interactive light trail, bringing festive sparkle to north London. The grounds of the 17th-century former stately home Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath have been illuminated with a variety of colourful installations, including a colour-changing Christmas tree, a giant golden present and interactive bub
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London’s National Theatre appoints first female artistic director

Indhu Rubasingham, who has run the Kiln theatre in north London for the past decade, will replace current director Rufus Norris in 2025. The National Theatre has appointed its first female artistic director in the theatre’s 60-year history. Indhu Rubasingham, who has run the Kiln theatre in north London for the past decade, will replace current director Rufus Norris in 2025. She will become both the first woman and person of colour to take up the post since the theatre was founded by Sir Laure
The Oxford Student •

Oxford venues react to £1.57 billion rescue package for the arts – The Oxford Student

The UK government will provide a £1.57 billion rescue package to help cultural, arts and heritage institutions through the detrimental financial impact of the coronavirus, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced in a tweet on Sunday evening. The news of the “world-leading” lifeline comes as a relief for Britain’s struggling arts sector and marks the largest ever one-off investment in UK culture. Britain’s museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and music venue
LondonWorld •

Video of the amazing free immersive butterfly experience in the centre of London

The Butterfly Trail can be experienced for free at The Now Building, next to Tottenham Court Road station. An immersive, mixed-reality display has opened in the heart of London, where visitors can interact with butterflies in a virtual world. The Butterfly Trail, a collaboration between Outernet and Pixel Artworks, can be experienced for free next to Tottenham Court Road station. By scanning a QR code and viewing through their phones, visitors can hold a virtual butterfly in the palm of their
Cherwell •

“Strengths, successes and solidarity”: Oxford International Women’s Festival announces 2023 programme

The Oxford International Women’s Festival is set to return for another year of celebrating and uplifting women’s voices from all over the world. It will be held from 25th February to 12th March, encapsulating International Women’s Day on 8th March, and will offer a wide range of events around the city to celebrate women’s strengths, successes and solidarity. Since the annual celebration began in 1989, the festival has covered a range of topics from the arts to the sciences, as well as creative
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Opera funding cuts: What is the future of the art form?

Opera in the UK is in crisis. In the latest round of government funding allocated by The Arts Council England (ACE), many of the country’s largest opera institutions have had their budgets slashed. Receiving sufficient funding is crucial to the running of arts institutions in the UK, and ACE has faced immediate backlash since a pattern was identified in the most recent allocations towards the end of last year. Sir Nick Serota, chair of Arts Council England, announced on a livestream: “The posit
The Oxford Student •

Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality: a new major exhibition opens at the Ashmolean

Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality is the The Ashmolean Museum’s new major exhibition, tracing one of the most compelling Greek myths and celebrated stories of modern archaeology. According to legend, Knossos, in Crete, was home to a labyrinthine palace built to contain the Minotaur; a half-bull, half-human monster. The excavation of the Palace of Knossos between 1900 and 1905 led to the discovery of several fascinating objects which will now be shown at Oxford’s largest museum. The exhibition
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Measure in Love reviewed – The Oxford Student

On Saturday 5th September, Raise Your Voice Theatre Collective presented an online night of musical theatre hits all for a good cause. Performed by the cast of St Catz Drama Society’s production of RENT – a sell-out run which took place in Hilary term earlier this year – the evening promised to showcase the very best of the company’s talent while raising money for two incredibly important charities. The new virtual venture, named ‘Measure in Love’, aims to combine an evening of theatrical joy wit