West Horsley Place Trust in Surrey has received a grant of £80,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country, including West Horsley Place Trust, in the latest round of support from…
The Stratford Literary Festival has announced its Spring Festival line-up with a mix of digital and live events as Government restrictions begin to ease. The Festival, which runs from 8th to 16th May, will feature pre-recorded events, live and interactive online streaming, and in-person workshops, adhering to Covid-19 safety guidelines, the following week. Major…
Watts Contemporary Gallery in partnership with Eames Fine Art is pleased to present a new exhibition of work by Anita Klein, widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest contemporary artists and printmakers. Marking the first exhibition following the reopening of Watts Contemporary Gallery on 1 May, Together brings together more than 60 works by…
The West Horsley Place Trust – the charity established to save Grade I listed West Horsley Place and its surrounding estate so that they can be enjoyed by the public – today announces an important National Lottery Heritage funded collaboration with The Arts Society East Surrey Area to record the 10,000 books that are held…
For the first time in its 800-year history, on 4 March 2021 the internationally renowned Basilica of St Francis in Assisi will open its doors for a live virtual guided tour, which will be accessible from anywhere in the world. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Basilica is one of the most important places…
Following the success of its interview with Jon Sopel this January, the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival is planning two days packed with online events this spring. Running over the weekend of 13th and 14th March, audiences from far and wide will be able to listen in to a varied programme featuring the authors of…
The West Horsley Place Trust – the charity established to save Grade I listed West Horsley Place and its surrounding estate so that they can be enjoyed by the public – today announces an important National Lottery Heritage funded collaboration with Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) to enrich biodiversity across the 380-acre estate. Once Covid-19 restrictions…
Leading and award-winning UK authors, including Michael Rosen, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tanya Landman and Sita Brahmachari, are amongst those who have recorded events for the Stratford Literary Festival in a project called Authors for Schools designed to inspire children being home-schooled during lockdown. The Authors for Schools Project, made possible by donations to a match-funded initiative…
On 18th January 2021 – just ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden on 20th January – BBC North America Editor, Jon Sopel, will be in conversation with Guardian columnist, Jonathan Freedland, to discuss the most extraordinary election in US history, outlined in Sopel’s latest book, UnPresidented: politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all…
Watts Gallery Trust is taking part in the 2020 Big Give Christmas Challenge to raise vital funds for its community learning programme. Between 1 December and 8 December donations to the charity’s Art for All Community Learning programme will be doubled, helping the Trust to reach its £60,000 target. Over the past twelve years, Watts…