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Fancy That: Bristol's Jamaica Street Studios turns 20 and opens up its doors
July 1, 2013 - 8:00pmFrom humble beginnings, Bristol's much-loved artist collective Jamaica Street Studios reaches its two-decade anniversary and celebrates with a special open studio event.
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Culture 24/7: History and Heritage exhibition and event highlights for July 2013
June 30, 2013 - 8:00pmThe Lindisfarne Gospels take Anglo-Saxon grave goods to Durham and 600 years of witches descend on Edinburgh. Here are seven history event and exhibition highlights for July 2013.
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Greased lightning as John Travolta pays fleeting visit to Leighton Buzzard Railway
June 30, 2013 - 8:00pmOrganisers at a volunteer-run heritage railway in Bedfordshire welcomed a surprise visitor after film star John Travolta decided to take his son to see stream trains in action.
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Culture 24/7: The top Science and Nature exhibitions and events for July 2013
June 30, 2013 - 8:00pmFrom a BioBlitz in Oxford to retro computing in Bletchley here are our Science and Nature museum event and exhibition highlights for July 2013.
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Artist's Statement: Stephen Walter on Anthropocene at Londonewcastle Space
June 28, 2013 - 8:00pmThe map magician tells us about his seminal realisation at the Royal College of Art in 2001, as well as what to expect at his new Londonewcastle Project Space display.
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Artist's Statement: Richard Notkin on fighting for humanity's future in the studio
June 27, 2013 - 8:00pmSince the 1960s, Richard Notkin has been known for his powerful stonework. His art, he says, "adds to the universal protest against the insanities born of greed".
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Artist's Statement: Keiko Masumoto, the Toshiba Ceramics Resident at the V&A
June 27, 2013 - 8:00pmAhead of her appearance at the International Ceramics Festival, the acclaimed young artist tells us why she loves watching the public get their hands on clay.
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Bright bee-based sculptures to illuminate Manchester for 2013 Dig the City festival
June 27, 2013 - 8:00pmNew York artist Jason Hackenwerth says his Dance of the Honey Bee sculpture series will "reflect the magnificence" of the Museum of Science of Industry's collection.
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Museum of London honours future Kings and Queens in A Royal Arrival exhibition
June 27, 2013 - 8:00pmA skullcap donned by Charles I, a miniscule lace mitten for the fingers of George III and a nursing robe of Queen Victoria's chart 400 years of royal babies at the Museum of London.
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Culture 24/7: Top art exhibition recommendations around the UK for July 2013
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmFrom Gateshead to Brighton and various points in between, Culture24 picks the likely art exhibition highlights of high summer.
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National Museum of Computing honours Sir Maurice Wilkes by revisiting EDSAC machine
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmThe man "in the pantheon of computer greats" has had the centenary of his birth marked with a celebration attended by some of his fellow technological pioneers.
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Facing the Past: Telling Scotland's Story in style at the National Mining Museum
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmColoured by comic book-style illustrations and backed by experts from all manner of fields, a new exhibition updates some of Scotland's greatest archaeological stories.
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National Space Centre joins Kickstarter campaign for ARKYD "telescope for everyone"
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmVisitors to Leicester could be given the chance to search for aliens via a telescope in outer space if a $2 million campaign to send a public telescope into orbit succeeds.
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Jitka Palmer on Dylan Thomas at the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmAhead of her live attempt to create a bust of poet Dylan Thomas at this weekend's Ceramics Festival, Jitka Palmer tells us about her affinity for the strong-faced poet.
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Walter Scott's Abbotsford home set for reopening by Queen in Scottish Borders
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmRob Roy's dagger, a pen and blotter once used by Napoleon and a scrap of battle fruitcake are awaiting visitors after a £12 million resurrection of Scott's Scottish abode.
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Lowry at Tate Britain delivers the goods in show of twists and turns
June 26, 2013 - 8:00pmThere are twists and turns aplenty in Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life at Tate Britain. Richard Moss's clogs are sparking as he explores the story of a painter.
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The Exultant Strangeness of Graham Sutherland's Landscapes at Abbott Hall Gallery, Cumbria
June 25, 2013 - 8:00pmThe great landscapes of Graham Sutherland make a welcome visit to the Lake District for a major show at Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Cumbria.
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Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo: Have you seen me Before? at Whitechapel
June 25, 2013 - 8:00pmA polar bear covered in yellow feathers is the central work in the fourth outing for the collection of artworks by leading European artists.
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Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo: Have you seen me Before? at Whitechapel
June 25, 2013 - 8:00pmA polar bear covered in yellow feathers is the central work in the fourth outing for the collection of artworks by leading European artists, also featuring pieces by Anish Kapoor, Paola Pivi, Philippe Parreno and Katharina Fritsch.
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Origins of the Afro Comb: Cambridge museums explore 6,000 Years of Culture
June 25, 2013 - 8:00pmThe Fitzwilliam Museum and The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology are asking the public to help inform an exhibition which pipes memories through hairdryers.
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