Newly available online now is the Leisure-themed issue of Context, membership journal of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), which covers the heritage of leisure alongside regular items and reviews of interest to anyone working with heritage.
Online access to Context is free to all, but posting only takes place some six months after circulation to members.
IHBC’s Editorial Board Chair and Projects Officer, Fiona Newton, said of the Leisure issue: ‘The heritage of leisure is especially vulnerable because tastes change and technologies evolve. Theatres, for example, have to compete with new forms of entertainment and leisure activity, so the risk is that, even if a theatre building escapes destruction, it might at first seem incapable of ever being returned to full working life.’
‘To help our members respond to these challenges, in this issue Mark Price explains what needs to be done to make the adaptive conservation of theatres possible, and tells of some sleeping beauties that have been reawakened, exerting their charms once more.’
‘Themed issues of Context also include more general conservation articles as well as news, book reviews and reports from IHBC’s officers.’
If you have any suggestions for articles or other material contact Fiona Newton at: editorial@ihbc.org.uk
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Go straight to Context 128 online to find our more about IHBC activities and initiatives, as well as the heritage of leisure, at: LINK
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