Please come and support us on Sept 7 as we talk to the brilliant Rob Pointon.AUDIENCE - this is about you and how important you are to us. The painting will be completed during next week and revealed on the evening. Don’t worry-you don’t have to be in it just be there 😀StokeonTrentLive

A catalysing creative technology hub on the historic Spode site will help designers, film-makers, sculptors, artists and ceramicists to breathe new life into the city and boost the local economy as the “stormtroopers of regeneration” as Matthew Rice has previously proclaimed.

Oof, this whole thread is painful reading....but sadly not surprising. No edging round the problem - the world needs artists. NEEDS them - in every community and every line of work.

We celebrated the work of the late, great Laura Marcus last week at Oxford University. Her thought crossed so many areas: modernism, auto/biography, film, psychoanalysis, rhythm. Really great to hear so many celebrating her. There was also a fantastic concert in New College.

A great piece from Fred Hughes on Chartism then (1842) and the need for a Charter renewal, now…

David Amigoni Fred Hughes A new charter, like the Chartist movement, that can be the catalyst to the radical political action needed at these times.

Really inspired by the quality of work produced by young people YMCA North Staffordshire. The exhibition is in the Potteries Shopping Centre (near to Lush). Staff / young people are also in the community hub opposite New Look offering activities 🙌 Arts Council England #CreativeCarousel

Epic 13 mile walk through #Stoke #Wedgwood #Barlaston and finally dinner and a well deserved drink in #Stone Canal & River Trust. A wonderful tour of the past meeting the present #heritage

Compelling journey, but it could not have been undertaken without LTC Rolt’s ‘canal crusade’. ‘How I spent 16 months journeying from the top to the bottom of England in a canal boat’ theguardian.com/travel/article…

Two Keele University students have joined the New Vic Theatre to help the venue as it embarks on a series of environmental improvements to help reduce its energy usage and carbon footprint. Find out more: buff.ly/4g1x9qk

‘In a time when people seek out “destination” experiences, bookshops are getting savvier about not just being a gateway to a myriad of worlds and perspectives, but also becoming spaces that are aesthetically rewarding to visit.’ .The Conversation theconversation.com/bookshops-are-…

Amazing night BBC Proms celebrating the life of Henry Mancini. What a stunning venue the Albert Hall is! Early start back to Stoke but definitely worth it 👌

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new science rewrites where and when it first happened theconversation.com/domesticating-…

We’re pleased to share the news that Appetite have been awarded a further year of funding (2025-26) by Arts Council England, as part of their #CreativePeopleAndPlaces programme. Across the next year we’ll continue to build on our successes of the past 11 years, offering the local

📢 For #artists, #creatives, #culture, #publichealth, #healthcare peeps in #StokeOnTrent + #Staffordshire, I'll be running the 1st Creative Health Exchange Forum event w/ Kat Hughes Stoke Creates on 26 Sept, 10:15am-12:15pm Brampton Museum. JOIN US! eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-hea…

Understanding why some areas of #NorthStaffordshire and #Stoke have better and poorer health is important to help to reduce differences and improve health for all. Keele researchers have identified large differences in poor health across the area: keele.ac.uk/population-hea…

An early walk by the Severn in the Coalbrookdale Gorge, followed by a very stimulating symposium meeting of the literature and the industrial revolution network, Arts and Humanities Research Council The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Keele English and Creative Writing Keele History

I spoke on ⁦BBC Radio 4 Today⁩ this morning on public libraries as infrastructure for democracy & making the case that government takes its superintendence responsibilities seriously under the 1964 Act. From 2:23 onwards bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…