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William Shakespeare's First Folio is Bodleian Library's digital gift on his birthday
Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623 - containing Macbeth, Julius Caesar and more - has been made freely available to leaf through online for the first time.
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BP Portrait Award 2013 is a family affair at London's National Portrait Gallery
A painter who portrayed his three children growing up and an artist whose sitter was her eldest son are the finalists in the National Portrait Gallery's annual award, which has increased the prize money for the winner to £30,000.
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National Railway Museum launches countdown to Mallard 75 in Yorkshire
Flags have been flown in Doncaster and York Castle has been lit up as part of the build up to the 75th anniversary of the Mallard breaking the world steam speed record.
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Affordable Art Fair to return to Brunel's Old Station in Bristol
Aiming for modest prices and an air of inclusivity, the Bristol edition of the international art fair returns to the city for the 11th time at the end of this week.
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Oxford Painted Rooms to reopen for William Shakespeare's birthday
History lovers at the Oxford Preservation Trust will reopen the rooms where Shakespeare once stayed for a rare series of public tours on the 449th anniversary of his birth.
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"Exciting and innovative" Environmental Art Festival Scotland to take place in August 2013
An environmental festival will launch this year as part of a £400,000 partnership between Creative Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
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A view through the Urban Eye of Charlie Phillips at Nottingham's New Art Exchange
Growing up in an at-times hostile West London, Charlie Phillips began portraying the Caribbean community of the 1950s and 1960s. His photos are hidden stories of life.
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Full range of Sir Tatton Sykes' architectural "works of art" to open to public in Yorkshire
A set of churches along the Wolds of East and West Yorkshire, created by a baronet father-and-son more than a century ago, will open to the public for a weekend in May.
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Artist's Statement: Liz Charsley-Jory on her Canadian residency at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The Canadian Artist-in-Residence at Dulwich Picture Gallery discusses paddling a kayak down the Thames and giving North American inspiration to visitors.
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Chez Paulette on the Sunset Strip takes Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson to Plymouth Peninsula
Transporting a star-studded Los Angeles coffee house from half a century ago to Devon, Peninsula Arts Gallery's new show owes everything to a great storyteller.
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Nick Harkaway and Neil Gaiman help literary trip These Pages Fall Like Ash in Bristol
Using a hand-crafted wooden book and their mobile phone, visitors to Bristol's Watershed will be able to follow stories through the city streets in a new literary adventure.
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PM Gallery devotes new exhibition Walk On to 25 artists inspired by walking
Francis Alÿs, Marina Abramovicz, Richard Long and Janet Cardiff are among the many arty ramblers to feature in a show worth hiking to.
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Enlightenment! Derbyshire Setting the Eighteenth Century Pace at Strutt's North Mill
Representing a collaborative effort between curators in Belper, Buxton and Derby, a new exhibition features some inspiring examples from Derbyshire's creative history.
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Ten artists depict Margaret Thatcher in Thatcheristic show of Iron Lady portrayals
From Iron Lady paintings held by Tate to specially-created new works, an exhibition at London's Gallery Different unites artists who grew up as "Thatcher's children".
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Bathing Beauties: brilliant beach huts at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre
A far cry from simple sheds by the sea, the new exhibition at Aberystwyth Arts Centre features more than 100 innovative models for contemporary beach huts.
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Gert and Uwe Tobias exhibition brings craft and geometry to Whitechapel Gallery
Romanian twins install woodcut prints and typewritten drawings in London space, with echoes of both constructivism and folk art.
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Birthplace Trust, galleries and museums to "bypass barriers" in Shakespeare Week 2014
Dozens of cultural institutions across the country will help the inaugural Shakespeare Week inspire millions of people when it launches in March 2014.
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Museums at Night 2013: Find an after-hours event in a historic house or property
Find an exciting after-hours event at a historic house or property during Culture24's Museums at Night 2013 weekend of May 16-18.
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Abstract expressionism, feminism and Cow Tipping for Rebecca Ward at Ronchini Gallery
Young Texan-born artist Rebecca Ward's exhibition in central London is a departure from her signature style which is often bleach-based, says Sophie Furse.
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Artist's Statement: David Breuer-Weil on a sculpted Alien invasion in London
Five times the size of an average person, David Breuer-Weil's monumental bronze sculpture, Alien, has just landed in a garden next to Victoria station. He tells us about it.
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