Dr Alex Rock
@dralexrock
Film historian, author & @derbymuseums Director of Commercial/Operations. Allotmenteer, home-brewer & Baggie. Views my own.
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25-06-2013 18:31:32
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Hi Vicky McClure MBE - we're ready to party at Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, get in touch!
From rugby league to Royal Opera, our cultural and sporting heritage runs through our towns, villages and cities and is one of our country’s greatest assets. It is an unbelievable privilege to take on the role of Secretary of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport . The hard work begins today.
Up early with m’colleague Rachael Wayne and Jack Tymon BBC Derby to talk about Derby Museums exhibition - Dislplaced, From the Nile to the Derwent. Open Now!
“That is how I intend us to serve our country – celebrating and championing the diversity and rich inheritance of our communities and the people in them.” Maybe, just maybe, Lisa Nandy MP might turn the tide Department for Culture, Media and Sport. theguardian.com/politics/artic…
"Arts organisations... have been put in an impossible position. The way to solve it is to check the creeping privatisation of culture... and to reassert public accountability of the arts." Charlotte Higgins's article - I hope this lands in Department for Culture, Media and Sport in-tray. Bang on. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Today's commute is... unusual. En route to a meeting at Chatsworth with Claire Ward to talk all things visitor economy, on an open-topped bus! Visit Derby
🏰🌳𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧 𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 From day one I’ve committed to putting our region on the map, celebrating and promoting the destinations and attractions we have across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Today, I launched my Visit East Midlands campaign at Chatsworth
Packed house at Arts Council England Claire Ward Engagement session. Lots of familiar faces!
ONE MONTH TO GO! My first in-person talk this year & I cannot wait Derby Museums Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill Ancient bodies, contemporary challenges: The ethics of Egyptian mummified bodies in museums with Dr Angela Stienne 6 September 2024 £5 or £10 w/ exhibit derbymuseums.org/event/first-fr…
The Derby CAMRA beer festival is back! We're partnering with Derby CAMRA to present the much-anticipated return of the beer festival with the Derby Heritage Beer Festival. 13th - 16th November at the Museum of Making. Tickets on sale in September. bit.ly/DMNewsBeerFest…
The Beer Festival is back at Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill! Beer flows through the DNA of the city – Derby is the best city in England to drink real ale, and we’re proud to be working in partnership with Derby CAMRA to celebrate the heritage of beer and brewing. derbymuseums.org/news/derby-mus…
Fantastic to be Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill with ACE Midlands Council. The Museum of Making tells Derby’s 300-year history of making to inspire new creativity. Thank you Tony Butler for showing us around in such an inspiring way.
Breweries of Derby! I grow my own hops, and I have two bines each of Cascade, Calais Golding, Magnum and Nugget to be put to good use. All I ask is collection (DE22 3PU) & a couple of pints of the result. Anyone? Derby Brewing Dancing Duck Brewery Pentrich Brewing Co Brunswick Brewing Co
