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Letters by Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch’s troubled private life and insecurities about her ability as a writer are laid bare in a previously unpublished s
British Library successfully stops English naval explorer’s journal from sailing abroad
The Culture Minister's temporary export bar ends on 7 November so the British Library is in a race against time to raise the re
National Heritage Memorial Fund grant saves the Staffordshire Hoard
The grant, awarded to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) and Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (PMAG) in Stoke-on-Trent, w
The Stepney Chinese porcelain armorial service delivered
It will be delivered to National Museum Cardiff tomorrow (Tuesday 16 March 2010) where it will be put on display later this yea
Victory for last operational Second World War motor boats
When built, they were the fastest boats of their type in the world. One of the boats, MGB 81, was active during the US la
National Heritage Memorial Fund awards £550,000 to help save Siegfried Sassoon’s archive
The grant will help acquire this important collection of Sassoon’s private diaries and pocket notebooks compiled while serving
A is for Acquisition, B is for British Library, C is for Conservation
The manuscript had been in the library of the Earl of Macclesfield since around 1750, and until recently its existence was comp
Important British treasure saved for Jewish museum London
The museum has raised grants totalling £282,000 in order to purchase this unique piece of 18th century silver Judaica from its
V&A acquires a ‘Scandal’ by leading British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger
The work by leading British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934) has been bought with generous donations from The Art F
Titanic designs saved for the nation
The design archive and heritage carpet collection of James Templeton & Co and Stoddard International, Scotland’s most succe