Analysis City of Culture Bradford 2025: Building on the City of Culture legacy The festival can act as a catalyst for cultural regeneration – as long as stakeholders are in it for the long haul. Caroline Parry reports
News Openings Science and Media Museum reopens ahead of Bradford’s year as City of Culture Twelve-month programme of cultural events and exhibitions launches this weekend
News Capital projects New £100m visitor attraction to open in Belfast Belfast Stories expected to completed by 2030
News Capital projects Capital museum projects face uncertainty as government mulls £100m cut Funding for National Museums Liverpool, National Railway Museum and V&A Dundee could be withdrawn
News Heritage Fund Heritage Fund awards £30m in grants as it prepares for 30th birthday Windrush port and Crystal Palace dinosaurs among the heritage attractions to receive lottery boost
Features Regeneration Wish you were here | Is life always sunny for seaside museums? At the height of the summer holiday season, John Holt dodges dive-bombing seagulls to talk to coastal museums about leaking roofs, fossil hunting and the grand old tradition of appropriating items from hotel bedrooms
News Capital projects Consultation on Dundee Eden Project underway A planning application is expected this autumn
News Arts Council England 100% of ACE uplift to be spent outside London under Levelling Up agenda But government warned its spending plans won't be enough to meet white paper's ambitions
News Recovery Culture can ‘supercharge’ northern recovery, say cross-party MPs Report calls for investment in culture to aid economic growth and levelling up agenda
News Regeneration Liverpool clarifies plans for ‘new Beatles attraction’ Musical destination hub will be part of city’s waterfront transformation
News High streets Culture more in-demand than pubs on the high street Research shows almost 70% of people think cultural spaces make their local area a better place to live
News Capital projects Contest launched to find design team for Liverpool maritime quarter National Museums Liverpool is leading on 10-year waterfront masterplan