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Museums at Night Report: Bat walking through the scented woodlands at Hatchlands Park

For Museums at Night Amy Strike heads through the bluebell-scented woodlands of Hatchalnds Park for a bat walk in search of Barbastelles and Pipistrelles...

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Jake Chapman talks art, Hastings and the joys of "funny pessimism" ahead of Museums at Night

The Chapman Brothers' Museums at Night event at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings may have raised a few eyebrows, but as Jake Chapman explains, "no-one's going to get hurt..."

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Andrea Büttner brings woodcuts, weaving and video to Milton Keynes' MK Gallery

A mid-career survey for the German artist tackles poverty, shame, religion and faith with a light touch. Mark Sheerin takes a look.

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Lighthouse presents James Bridle's Under the Shadow of the Drone for the Brighton Festival

In a commission for this month's Brighton Festival, artist James Bridle has created a scale representation of the reaper drones which cast deadly shadows over modern war.

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HOUSE Festival animates Brighton streets with contemporary art this May

With Mariele Neudecker at the Regency Townhouse and four satellite works around town, HOUSE 2013 could be the best yet.

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Pandamonium gives artistic support to WWF at The Lightbox in Woking

Created by leading contemporary artists in an exploration of beauty and fragility, a panda-based collection of works in Woking will support conservation efforts by the WWF.

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Fiona Rae: Maybe you can live on the moon in the next Century at Eastbourne's Towner

Caspar David Friedrich, Albrecht Dürer, Photoshop and a revisited Tokyo childhood inspire Fiona Rae's exhibition at Towner - not to mention "ludicrous but gnomic" elements.

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Richard Nott paintings join St Michael's Church for Artists' Open Houses in Brighton

Having originally worked for the famous Valentino fashion house in Rome, artist Richard Nott's show in one of Britain's finest churches is a survey of exotic dresses.

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The Last Stand: Marc Wilson's wartime defences at Royal Armouries Fort Nelson

Marc Wilson's project to photograph World War II defences has resulted in a thought-provoking series of ethereal "documentary landscapes" at Fort Nelson.

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RAF Museum begins task of rescuing the last German Dornier bomber from the seabed

The RAF Museum has begun the delicate process of lifting the last remaining World War Two Luftwaffe Dornier bomber from its 1940 resting place beneath the Kent sea.

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Call for return of Ai Weiwei's seeds results in surprise 10-pound arrival

Curators at current exhibition Couriers of Taste, at Danson House in Bexleyheath, have received a ten-pound sack of seeds, collected by an avid Ai Weiwei fan at one of his previous exhibitions in New ......

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Culture24/7: Science and Nature highlights for May 2013

From the Thames and Kew Gardens to Greenland and journeys through the Earth, May is an inspiring month in Science and Nature. Here are a few exhibitions we've spotted.

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The Culture24/7: History and Heritage highlights for May 2013

From a Bank Holiday party in Cambridge to the inspiring Museums at Night and the opening of the £27 million Mary Rose Museum, here are our history highlights this month.

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Our Time in Ice reflects on a fragile spring at Brighton's ONCA Gallery

The second exhibition at a gallery attuned to climate concerns is a strikingly simple and multi-disciplinary one, says Mary Stevens.

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Jets turned off after three decades as Mary Rose Museum prepares to dazzle Portsmouth

The continuous spray which has protected the timbers of the Mary Rose for three decades has been turned off ahead of a five-year drying-out process for the famous ship.

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