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- IHBC’s 2026 School welcomes ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCNewcastle2026 with thanks to Exhibitors, with reminder that IHBC’s Virtual SCHOOL BOOKING CLOSES 6PM Thursday, 18 June 16/06/2026
- Still time to ‘join online’ – and check out our new-style programme pdf too)! IHBC’s Virtual School, a day on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, 19 June, from just £35+VAT (IHBC & RTPI members) 16/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’ : Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 16/06/2026
- PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT 16/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 16/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on shaping the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mayor announces £1M for ‘iconic’ Moseley Road Baths restoration 16/06/2026
- CIOB urges UK Government to consider social media’s role in careers guidance in ban debate 16/06/2026
- ITFG publishes new guidance on managing competence in organisations across the built environment 16/06/2026
- Exploring the role and impact of small museums in places, by AIM 16/06/2026
- ARB accredits brand new qualifications from two universities 16/06/2026
- HEF publishes 2025-26 Year in Review informatic 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Architecture Festival Director blogs on UK planning and… collaboration 16/06/2026
- Check out our new-style 2026 School programme pdf, as there’s still time to ‘join online’! IHBC’s Virtual School, a day on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, 19 June, from just £35+VAT (IHBC & RTPI members) 12/06/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards 2026 Winners announced: Marion Barter (NW Branch), for retired IHBC ‘Community Contribution…’, & Harry Richards (Paye Stone Ltd) for ‘Successful Learning…’ 12/06/2026
- IHBC’s June ‘CPD Circular’: ‘What’s on’, with IHBC, partners & more, from Yorkshire (mortar), London (amenity), Llanberis (slate), Exeter (fire) & 2026 Annual School + RTPI Friends too 12/06/2026
- PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT 12/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 12/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Help shape the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence 12/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £215K+ costed works this week: European lead seeks guidance to improved renovation etc., to 08/07 12/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lido’s) doorstep’: Lido’s £11m revamp wins top architecture award 12/06/2026
- Green space, clean air & community lead the wish list for new homes, with surrounding landscape valued above how buildings look: LI 12/06/2026
- Historic England’s 20 Historic Sites with potential to become new homes, in 2026 ‘Heritage Investment Prospectus’ 12/06/2026
- New survey calls for contributions to new annual report on heritage sector resilience and for case studies, to 19 June 12/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Left to Rot – How the (Irish) State ends up fining itself over derelict sites 12/06/2026
Tag Archives: culture
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands
image for illustration: The Iron Age Mousa Broch by Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Planning permission has been granted for the first broch in 2000 years to be constructed in the Highlands, reports The National.
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HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc.
Arts Council England (ACE) and Historic England (HE) have launched online resources for their Cultural and Heritage Sector Decarbonisation Project Pilot, to ‘support cultural and heritage organisations responsible for historic buildings [to] better understand… decarbonisation plans.’
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Tagged culture, decarbonisation, digital resource, guidance, heritage
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St Paul’s Crowned Best Cultural Experience at Toast the City Awards
St Paul’s Cathedral has won Best Cultural Experience in the City of London at City AM’s Toast the City Awards 2025.
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Tagged building, cathedral, church, conservation, culture, expertise, heritage
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: US SAH ‘Statement’ on ballroom addition at the White House
image for illustration: The White House by DJTechYT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Heritage Conservation Committee issued a statement expressing great concern on the proposed ballroom addition at the White House.
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Tagged architecture, building, conservation, culture, expertise, government, heritage, history, skills, USA
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NT’s Cultural Heritage Magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 issue
The National Trust (NT) has issued the most recent edition of its Cultural Heritage Magazine (Autumn/Winter 2025).
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Tagged conservation, culture, heritage, publications
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Six regions receive £25 million to bolster creative industries
Government invests £25 million in six mayoral regions to grow their creative industries.
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Tagged arts, business, creativity, culture, expertise, funding, government, investment, skills
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UKRI RICHeS Access Fund addresses costs in supporting users and service providers with first call open to 10/12
The United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council RICHeS (Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science) Access Fund helps researchers, organisations and heritage professionals gain access to cutting-edge equipment, collections and expertise.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: German Woman Returns Ancient Greek Column Fragment after 50+ Years
A fragment from an ancient column in the Leonidaion at Ancient Olympia that had been illegally removed in the 1960s was returned to Greece in a repatriation ceremony as a woman from Münster, Germany, returned the fragment more than 50 … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, government, Greece, heritage, preservation
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AHF: Full Steam Ahead.. Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200
The Architectural heritage Fund (AHF) has been celebrating the Past Present and Future of Railway Heritage for Railway 200 marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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Tagged building, community, conservation, culture, environment, expertise, heritage, railway, transport
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Cultural Enterprises Awards 2026 launched: ‘celebrating success and creativity in cultural income generation’
The Association for Cultural Enterprises has launched the Cultural Enterprises Awards 2026 celebrating success and creativity in cultural income generation.
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Tagged awards, competition, culture, enterprise, heritage, skills
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7 New Sites Listed by DCMS to Celebrate 200 Years of the Railway
image for illustration: Opening of Stockton & Darlington Railway painting by John Dobbin – Wikimedia Commons Five heritage railway stations, alongside 2 other railway sites, have been listed at Grade II by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, conservation, culture, expertise, heritage, planning, railways, skills, transport
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Major new study to reveal the value of the UK’s UNESCO sites
image for illustration: Stonehenge by Sumit Surai – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A major new study, announced today, will measure the economic and non-economic value of the UK’s UNESCO sites. From the world-renowned Stonehenge, Tower of London and the … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conservation, culture, economy, heritage, UNESCO, value
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Honouring the legacy of the Sycamore Gap tree: a new creative commission
Two years after the illegal felling of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree, the National Trust is launching a major creative commission to mark its legacy and inspire a renewed connection with nature.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UNESCO launches the first global Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects at MONDIACULT 2025
Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.
New UK Town of Culture competition to celebrate our national story
The contributions of towns across the UK to our national life will be celebrated through a new competition, the Culture Secretary has announced.
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Tagged community, competition, culture, education, environment, planning, towns, training, urban, volunteering
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IHBC welcomes Gardens Trust report into the role of historic parks and gardens in the 21st century
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald The IHBC has commended the new The Gardens Trust report ‘Harnessing Parks and Gardens in the 21st Century: How historic landscapes can support and enhance our today and tomorrow’, recently launched at Red Cross Garden … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, culture, environment, gardens, heritage, nature, parks, planning
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International seek input on ‘measuring in Arts, Culture, and Heritage’
Donovan Rypkema & Heritage Strategies International have launched a survey to learn from experts and advocates in Arts, Culture, and Heritage ‘what might be measured, the importance (or not) of measuring values, and to learn what similar work on creating … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Decision on plan for Glasgow’s iconic Barrowlands sign
image for illustration: The Barrowlands Ballroom by Rob Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A decision has been reached on a proposal for the famous Barrowland Ballroom facade in Glasgow.
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Tagged arts, building, conservation, culture, entertainment, Glasgow, heritage, planning
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Europa Nostra on ‘European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025’, Brussels 12-15 Oct – ‘Heritage Matters for Europe
The European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025 will take place from 12 to 15 October in Brussels, Belgium.
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Tagged conservation, cpd, culture, environment, europe, event, expertise, heritage
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: Interim evaluation on the ‘Know Your Neighbourhood Fund’
Government has issued and interim evaluation report on the Know Your Neighbourhood (KYN) Fund is an up to £30Mn package of funding to widen participation in volunteering and tackle loneliness in 27 disadvantaged areas across England, including up to £10m … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, community, culture, expertise, funding, learning, partnership, report, volunteering, wellbeing
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘venue’ doorstep’: Demand for Nandy’s buildings fund exceeds budget by £600m
The Stage reports that the £85 million DCMS Creative Foundations Fund, launched in February 2025 to support urgent capital repairs and upgrades for arts and cultural venues across England, has been massively oversubscribed.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Ireland’s €240k funding, awarded to ‘safeguard World Heritage’
The Irish government has announced a pilot World Heritage Strategic Investment Fund to invest €240,000 to conserve, maintain, protect and promote World Heritage in Ireland.
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ACE: Private Investment in Culture Survey 2025 report
As the national development agency for creativity and culture, The Arts Council England’s (ACE) vision in its ‘Let’s Create strategy’ is ‘by 2030 for England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Open Culture on ‘A Meditative Tour of Fallingwater’
image for illustration: Falling Water by Frank Lloyd Wright photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Open Culture has featured ‘A Meditative Tour of Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Architectural Masterpiece’ as described by Justin Gunther, the house … Continue reading
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IHBC‘s ‘Research’ Signpost: Arts, Culture and Heritage – Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England
The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre has issued its Arts, Culture and Heritage: Recent Trends in UK Workforce and Engagement in England…’, and sees higher participation in areas with more people working in arts and culture.
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