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The Black Country has been awarded UNESCO Global Geopark status, joining the Cliffs of Fundy in Canada, the French wine region of Beaujolais and Vietnam’s Dak Nong, and only seven other Geoparks in the United Kingdom including the Scottish Highlands. Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton in the the Black Country have received a status boost…
Birmingham Museums Trust, which runs several high profile public attractions, is facing “a very uncertain future” today after an application for crisis funding during the coronavirus pandemic was turned down by Arts Council England. There is mounting criticism of this controversial decision as the Arts Council England (ACE) issued a total of £33million emergency response…
Beatfreeks, a creative organisation which focuses on giving young people in Birmingham a voice, has launched a new project called Don’t Settle, which aims to make all stories in museums visible by changing who tells these stories Free Radical, part of the Beatfreeks Collective, is working on the three-year project, aimed at improving representation and involving more…