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Tony Butler

@tonybutler1

Executive Director @derbymuseums includes @museumofmaking Committee Member @HeritageFundM_E Founder @HappyMuseum Adoptive parent

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Without a thriving local library service which our family used extensively when I was a child, I would not have persued a career in museums.

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Another vexatious FOI request re art collection. Information could be obtained by visiting the museum and looking at the art on the wall! Cuts mean I have fewer staff, time taken to give fuel to a political agenda, when they could be doing activity for the public to enjoy. šŸ™„

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ā€œAt what point might we collectively realise that hundreds of local crises now add up to a national catastrophe? Things are rapidly nearing the point of complete breakdown.ā€

One by one Englandā€™s councils are going bankrupt John Harris theguardian.com/commentisfree/ā€¦

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Applications are open for the UK Creative Community Fellowship run by Derby Museums The Bowes Museum National Arts Strategies.

Deadline 12 Feb

Want to transform your community through arts and culture? This 8-month FREE(!) learning programme is for you!

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Applications are open for the UK Creative Community Fellowship run by Derby Museums The Bowes Museum National Arts Strategies.

Deadline 12 Feb

Want to transform your community through arts and culture? This 8-month FREE(!) learning programme is for you!

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Jim Callaghan went to, what became my secondary school.

As a boy he also attended our church. His name (as Leonard Callaghan) was on a framed Scripture Union exam list from around 1923 hanging in the Sunday school hall.

London Road Baptist Church is now a pub ā˜¹ļø

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This is just the beginning. Our council owned heritage sector could see a major collapse as local authorities, choked of money by central government, will have to defund culture. Be a voice and advocate for yours.

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Thank you for writing this John Harris a humane counterpoint to Robrt Colville's pernicious view of EHCPs as equivalent of a 'golden ticket'

We are also in Suffolk, both our adopted children have EHCPs. Finding testing for FASD is incredibly hard

theguardian.com/commentisfree/ā€¦

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Chris Skidmore chaired the APPG for museums. In my encounters with him, he was thoughtful, constructive and inclusive. A good guy theguardian.com/politics/2024/ā€¦

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'organisations affected said the cut would make ā€œextremely modest differenceā€ to the councilā€™s overall finances but have a ā€œhuge impactā€ on communities across the county.'

It is 0.057% of the '24-25 budget

Suffolk CC announces 100% cut to arts funding theguardian.com/stage/2024/janā€¦

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British soldier claims record for fastest woman to ski alone across Antarctica

Another amazing feat from 's Preet Chandi. She features in the current History Makers exhibition Derby Museums

theguardian.com/world/2023/decā€¦

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Here's a bit of cheer to end the year - The Museum of Making is REOPENING soon! The date is announced in our end-of-year filmā­ļø

Watch our film and join us for a trip down memory lane, reviewing the highlights of 2023: youtu.be/qys0LL6GXU4

Merry Christmas šŸŽ‰

Here's a bit of cheer to end the year - The Museum of Making is REOPENING soon! The date is announced in our end-of-year filmā­ļø Watch our film and join us for a trip down memory lane, reviewing the highlights of 2023: youtu.be/qys0LL6GXU4 Merry Christmas šŸŽ‰
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1 in 4 places in a childrenā€™s care home in England have the involvement of an investment company. Sovereign wealth funds from Qatar and Abu Dhabi are among those involved. English Councilā€™s are on the verge of bankruptcy because of this profiteering

theguardian.com/society/2023/dā€¦

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Analysis of the 2022 dig at Rendlesham Anglo-Saxon settlement near Woodbridge has revealed a 1,400-year-old temple, shedding light on the fascinating history of the East Anglian royal house.

-- Liz Crosbie reports



eastangliabylines.co.uk/beowulf-the-fiā€¦

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