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Temporary Export Bar Placed on Portrait of a Freed Slave By the Eighteenth-century British Artist William Hoare
United Kingdom Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a portrait of a freed slave by the eighteenth-century British artist William Hoare of Bath. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep Portrait of Ayuba...
PHILIPPINES: Government Must Counter ‘culture of Disaster’
Filipino authorities say the country has learned tough lessons in disaster risk management after the deadly storms last year, but warn that a “culture of disaster” still prevails. Read more of the story here at the IRIN news service: PHILIPPINES:...
Value of England’s Historic Environment Should be Recognized And Championed By All
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has said that the value of the historic environment should be recognized and championed by all those – at every level in Government and beyond – who have a role in its protection.
Export Bar Placed on Rare Photograph By Pioneering Nineteenth-century British Photographer Roger Fenton
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a rare photograph by the pioneering nineteenth-century British photographer Roger Fenton. This is to provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the photograph, titled...
Temporary Export Bar Placed on Exquisite Drawing By the Italian Renaissance Master Raphael
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on an exquisite drawing by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the drawing, Head of a Muse, in the United Kingdom. The...
City of Culture Contest Heats Up As Final Fourteen Become Fantastic Four
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has announced the final four cities vying to become the UK’s first City of Culture in 2013. They are Birmingham, Derry/Londonderry, Norwich and Sheffield. They were shortlisted by an independent judging panel, whose...
Abbey Road Studios Listed As a Grade II Building
Recent speculation over the listing of Abbey Road Studios has been ended with Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, listing the iconic recording venue at Grade II, on the advice of English Heritage. The recording studios are world-famous as the major recording...
Temporary Export Bar Placed on Painting By Domenico Zampieri
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Domenico Zampieri, Saint John the Evangelist. This is to provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting in the United Kingdom. The Minister’s...
