Amber Mottram receives CASW's 2025 Student Award. Amber graduated from her BA in Fine Art from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) in 2011 and has recently completed a part-time MFA at Cardiff School of Art and Design within Cardiff's Metropolitan University.

💥The Bernat Klein Studio has been saved! This morning the coalition of Scottish heritage organisations secured the property at auction with a winning bid of £279,000. The studio will now be restored, creating a new venue to inspire creative arts in the Scottish Borders,

Unloading the winter barges at Bruges, in Belgium, 113 years ago. I've enhanced this wonderful autochrome scene by Alfonse Van Besten, taken in 1912: The life of ordinary working men, before the Great War, captured like a painting. I find it incredibly evocative. It's original

Incredibly relevant to the times we live in

When governments politicise preservation and pressure arm's-length guardians of public heritage. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a…

The Folio Society's film of its new edition of Homer, translated by Emily Wilson and illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Published three hours ago and nearly sold out already. youtube.com/watch?time_con…

A thoughtful article by Carla Passino in Country Life about the new The Folio Society edition of Homer illustrated by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-and…

Believe it or not, I had an old school friend on today’s marches in London. He sent me some photos from the crowd. We went to middle school together and grew up on the same Eastern District council estate in Northampton. I asked him why he was there. He gave me two answers:

Redford was a star of huge intelligence who used his influence for the good. What a chasm he leaves behind.

The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid

NEWS: ⚡️DCMS has rejected the historic BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station in Hertfordshire for listing, overruling the recommendation of their expert advisors Historic England and C20 to designate the site at Grade II. The decision is the latest in a recent spate of highly

Shouldn’t planning and tax law better support re-use? Adapt or die: the architects pioneering a new wave of building reuse via Financial Times on.ft.com/3Wjm778

Please watch and share this 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇸 President Macron, "Naively, we have entrusted our democratic space to social media controlled by American entrepreneurs or Chinese corporations whose interests do not align with the survival of democracy" "Children are exposed to harmful

BBC News - bbc.co.uk/news/resources… Gaza war in maps and satellite images - BBC News

Although there was an awkward moment where a member of the audience with two young sons said she blamed Llyr Powell for her family feeling unwelcome in Caerphilly. I expect Reform won’t be sharing that clip - so here it is…

A remarkable development but sadly necessary in these times of declining resources. ironbridge.org.uk/news/transfer-…

If this was in the UK it would be a listed building. The 'developer' would be in big trouble for lying about his plans and carrying out demolition without consent. BBC News - Entire White House East Wing to be demolished within days bbc.com/news/articles/…

Pleased to be speaking about refugee artists, local activists and their influence on art in Merthyr at this event on 29 November, with an impressive array of other speakers. It's free to attend.

The Lost King turned a living individual into a pantomime villain for the sake of comedy. As a result, it underplayed Langley's true achievement as well as trashing university professionals. See Mike Pitts' analysis in British Archaeology Nov/Dec 2022. theguardian.com/culture/2025/o…

Europeans live in different types of homes.