Dear Lewes FC Owners, In what will be a huge week for the club here are my personal views on the Mercury 13 investment. Lewes FC Women are voting YES. “We want this, we deserve this, we need this”.

Sussex is in Vogue.com. vogue.com/article/east-s… Sussex Modern #sussex

If you want to nominate someone deserving of recognition for a future honours list, information on how to do so is here gov.uk/honours

Congratulations to all museums, culture and heritage people awarded in the New Year’s Honours, with special mention of our own AIM Board member Nathaniel Hepburn MBE who is made MBE in recognition of his services to the arts.

“I am fortunate to be part of a brilliant team of staff, volunteers, trustees, funders & advisory groups who are passionate about protecting this internationally significant artists’ home & studio, & making sure that Charleston becomes a welcoming & accessible place for everyone”

Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex was the first building acquired by the National Trust, which was founded #OnThisDay in 1895. This photograph shows the 14th-century building before it was restored in 1898. The building is a rare surviving example of a Wealden hall house.

Help us stage the Festival! We’re recruiting for various roles in our technical teams - Assistant Stage Manager - Lighting Supervisor - Deputy Head of Sound and Video - Senior Sound and Video Technician Find out more: glyndebourne.com/work-at-glynde…

Trustee vacancy - Haslemere Museum is looking for candidates who can bring professional expertise to the Board and support with fundraising and awareness raising. Closing date 28 February: aim-museums.co.uk/trustee-vacanc…

It was an honour to close out Letters Live 10th Anniversary show at the Royal Albert Hall, my performance of ‘People’s Faces’ accompanied by Dan Carey is now available to view on Letters Live youtube page

“The 5.7 million-strong organisation has always reflected changing times, but will never betray its members or founding principles.” From today’s Daily Express.

Would you like to be a Trustee of @CharlestonTrust? Or join the EDI group? Or lead our fundraising? Lots of great opportunities to be part of our amazing team. Get in touch!

Amazing Director opportunity at Horace Walpole’s fabulous Strawberry Hill House! 🍓 aim-museums.co.uk/vacancies/exec…

Gallery issues plea to collectors to loan original Beryl Cook works for exhibition theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

We ALVA are proud to have published our key facts and our asks of all political parties in the run-up to the UK #GeneralElection. They’re here: alva.org.uk/details.cfm?p=…

Are you passionate about making the arts more accessible and inclusive? @CharlestonTrust are recruiting for new members to join their EDI Advisory Group to challenge, inspire and support the organisation as a critical friend.

Dame Judi Dench and Sir Lenny Henry are to appear at Charleston Festival, one of the UK's longest-running literature festivals. Tap below to read more: bbc.in/3uOwcyI

Visited the ‘Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion’ last week, at @CharlestonTrust in Lewes. It was fabulous! Incredible to see so much fashion influenced by Bloomsbury, including the wonderful Fendi collection by Kim Jones. Really recommend to anyone into Woolf and fashion!

Please share this wide and help if you can. It would be devastating to lose this work which has hung next to Vanessa Bell's bed at Charleston since it was painted in 1917.

Wonderful opening event to Charleston Festival 2024 @CharlestonTrust. It was lovely to see the faces of 200 local school children lighting up in amazement as I announced Her Majesty the Queen as our surprise, and very special, guest.

100 artworks from Grayson Perry to Picasso free to see in Lewes this weekend sussexexpress.co.uk/news/100-artwo…