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Oakwell Hall.

Grade I-listed Yorkshire museum to close until 2028 for £1.6m revamp
A Yorkshire museum set inside a Grade I listed Elizabethan Hall is to close for around 18 months for a £1.6m revamp.

Film maker Wayne Sables marks 20 years in business

Save Square Chapel for the People campaigners lobby Calderdale councillors on their way into the meeting

Campaigners say sale issue means Yorkshire arts centre’s future ‘not assured’

Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax. Picture: LDRS

Historic Halifax arts venue Square Chapel goes on the market

Spikey made by Sara Naruse, on loan from Moving Parts Arts

Puppet trail aims to save popular Beverley Puppet Festival

Phill Jupitus in Red Ladder's The Big Society in 2012. PIC: Tim Smith

Theatre companies face challenges - Chris Lloyd

Save Square Chapel for the People campaigners lobby Calderdale councillors on their way into the meeting

Campaigners set out ‘path of hope’ to save much-loved arts centre

The Performance Ensemble's latest production of Sinfonia heads to Harrogate next month.

Performance Ensemble production tells the stories of older people in Harrogate

Lemn Sissay at a previous Huddersfield Literature Festival event. Photo: JONATHAN JACOB

Huddersfield Literature Festival marks its 20th anniversary

Save Square Chapel for the People campaigners lobby Calderdale councillors on their way into the meeting

Campaigners to keep pressure on councillors over plans to re-open arts centre

Exploring miners' tales through time with special exhibition

Members of Brighouse and Rastrick Band play in the Whit Friday brass band competition back in 2019. Picture: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images

Brass bands ‘not just working class and from Yorkshire’

Bradford is hoping to build on the success of its year as City of Culture

How £3.5m of funding is helping Bradford build on City of Culture success

Cultural activities are boosting Yorkshire's economy. Picture: Andrew Benge

Yorkshire reaping the rewards of nurturing culture

Save Square Chapel for the People campaigners lobby Calderdale councillors on their way into the meeting

Watch: Jazzy flourish as arts centre campaigners take campaign to the streets

Save Square Chapel for the People campaigners lobby Calderdale councillors on their way into the meeting

Square Chapel Arts Centre: Better news might soon be on the horizon

Save Square Chapel for the People campaigners lobby Calderdale councillors on their way into the meeting

Arts centre campaigners to mark anniversary of its closure

A Welcome to Rotherham sign. PIC: Kerrie Beddows

Creativity is essential to Yorkshire’s future - Dr Becky Parry

Panto season is here - and plays a vital role in supporting the finances of Yorkshire theatres

How pantos support Yorkshire's theatres all year

Canada House in Castlegate, Sheffield

£1m funding boost moves Sheffield’s Harmony Works project one step closer

Funding secured for a year long national partnership project

National Coal Mining Museum for England to work in partnership with Jason Wilshe...
The National Coal Mining Museum for England is proud to announce that it will be working in partnership with acclaimed artist, Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE, after he secured almost £145,000 in funding from Arts Council England to embark on an ambitious year-long national project.
Devinia Skirrow

The Point in central Doncaster

The Point moves closer to its Net Zero ambitions

Major award to bring resort to life

Alan Lyddiard, founder and artistic director of The Performance Ensemble. Picture: Mike Pinches

Leeds theatre company celebrating the art of ageing creatively

MakerWorld Gallery

MakerWorld Gallery launches new young people’s offer in Huddersfield town centre

Darren Henley is chief executive of Arts Council England

Bradford 2025 shows why investing in culture matters for people and places

Roving Lands community exhibition, WOVEN

WOVEN in Kirklees announces funding for community textile projects in 2025

IVE has issued an urgent call for support, including a £20,000 fundraiser.

Charity which helps children explore climate solutions at risk of collapse

Cut Bridge.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Repairs begin on cast iron bridge at gallery

Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, spoke at the launch of the new report, which took place at The Lowry in Salford.

Report outlines plan to unlock money and opportunities for creative industries

Sing Out 2023

Sponsors announced: Doncaster Music Hub Big Sings 2024

ETO already visits Sheffield,

English Touring Opera announces it is relocating to Sheffield
English Touring Opera will make its permanent home in Sheffield, it has been announced.
Alexandra Wood

Alan Lane at the Slung Low Theatre Company in Holbeck. PIC: Tony Johnson

Why I fear Dame Mary Archer is speaking to the wrong people - Alan Lane

The Point, home of darts - Doncaster's creative health charity

New green funding for The Point in Doncaster

Henry Moore's Two Large Forms at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Investing in Yorkshire's culture brings benefits worth celebrating: Pete Massey

Artist from street performance group Dogs of Doom during the Freedom Festival in Hull. Picture date: Sunday September 3, 2023. PA Photo. Running from August 30th to September 3rd, Freedom Festival is one of the leading arts festivals in the North of England. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Freedom Festival plans 'to grow beyond Hull'

Northern Ballet headquarters at Quarry Hill in Leeds

The Northern Ballet in Leeds could end live music and will 'reassess touring'

Northern Ballet dancers performing in The Great Gatsby. Photo Johan Persson

Northern Ballet’s decision to cut live music described as 'cultural vandalism'

The moment Bradford found out that it had been awarded 'City of Culture 2025' in Centenary Square. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Bradford 2025 will show that it is a district of doers - Bex Williams

People in Bradford celebrate after finding out it had been crowned UK City of Culture 2025. Picture by Bruce Rollinson.

Bradford 2025: Cost of UK City of Culture celebration revealed

Darren Henley is chief executive of Arts Council England.

Why we're investing £5m of new funding into Bradford 2025 - Darren Henley

Pete Massey from the Arts Council, Dan Bates and Shanaz Gulzar from Bradford 2025 and Culture Minister Stuart Andrew

Bradford awarded £10 million to help put on City of Culture performances

Joseph Middleton, pianist and director of Leeds Lieder, performing with Dame Sarah Connolly in April 2021. Picture: Justin Slee

Leeds Lieder returns with an impressive line-up of world-class performers

Utopia Theatre is based in Sheffield. Photo: Tim Goode/PA Wire

Why Utopia Theatre is committed to opening up the arts to African audiences

Flamingos at The Bird Garden at Harewood House

Harewood House confirms closure date for Bird Garden after 53 years

L to R, Darren Henley (CEO of Arts Council England), Sir Peter Bazalgette (former chair of ITV plc, chair of Creative Industries Council), Robin Cramp (Business Development Manager at Production Park and XPLOR)

'You are taking Yorkshire to the rest of the world'

Bird keeper Aby Crake with a pink macaw at the bird garden at Harewood House

Harewood House in Yorkshire announces closure of Bird Garden attraction

Paul Fleming of Equity.

Art needs more than the 'lipstick on the pig of austerity' - Paul Fleming

Members of the English National Opera take part in rehearsals. PIC: Ian West/PA Wire

Moving the ENO to Manchester is an ill-conceived idea - Stuart Murphy

The moment Bradford foud out that it had been awarded 'City of Culture 2025' in Centenary Square. PIC: Bruce Rollinson

Investment in creative organisations can make a difference - Darren Henley

11 Million Reasons to Dance. Photo: Sean Goldthorpe

Arts Council England funds a ‘breathtaking’ amount to new organisations

Jonny Best, Artistic Director of Yorkshire Silent Film Festival. Image: Robin Zahler

Silent film festival to share the drama and intrigue of the silent era

The Power of Performance: This Is Us

Ad Feature Rugby League World Cup: Cultural Festival volunteer performers wanted

James Capper

Rotherham families have their chance to make mark on sculpture

Co-director Helen Meller at Lumb Bank in Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge

Building owned by Ted Hughes to be turned into 'beacon for Northern voices'

File photo dated 15/10/2021 of Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries

Extra £75million for arts and culture outside London, Ministers announce

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries today sets out her plan to distribute arts funding more equally around Britain to end a North-South funding divide.

Arts: My plan to end North-South funding divide – Nadine Dorries

Janet Sewell in the long coridoor leading to the Cold War Underground bunker at Holmpton near Hull she was an ADO at RAF Holmpton from 1959-1973 Picture: Gary Longbottom

Exhibition reveals forgotten story of women who watched skies in Cold War

Light Night Leeds. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Arts funding makes a real difference to Yorkshire venues - Sarah Maxfield

The 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge Heritage Society was awarded £4,180 by Humber Museums Partnership.

Battle of Stamford Bridge Heritage Society scoops funding for pop-up museum proj...

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