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Earl Mountbatten's James Bond-style gold-plated pen-pistol joins Royal Armouries
A £13,000 pistol-concealing pen, presented to the late Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Marwar-Jodhpur by royal family cohort Lord Louis, could go on public show.
Photographer Sara Porter brings Natural Beauty to wildlife show at Leeds City Museum
Drawing inspiration from a collection of more than 800,000 objects, taxidermy, insects, eggs and skulls add up to a natural history exhibition with a difference.
Project Space Leeds, Arts Council and Carlsberg aim to create new Yorkshire venue
A brewery building is expected to become a nationally significant visual arts venue and an important community centre in Leeds after winning £225,000 in funding.
Museums at Night 2013: Harewood House ushers in Harewood at Twilight
Yorkshire's magical Harewood House will reveal a magnificent staircase, a major art display, insights into the life of a French master chef and more this Museums at Night.
Australian artist Nike Savvas brings Liberty and Anarchy to Leeds Art Gallery
Acclaimed installation mathematician Nike Savvas returns to British shores for the first time in more than ten years in a flamboyant exhibition in Leeds.
Swords from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit to go on show at Royal Armouries
The Royal Armouries will become the only museum in the world to have a full set of swords from the trilogy when they go on display ahead of the latest Hobbit film.
Proust, Epstein and more in 1913: The Shape of Time at Leeds' Henry Moore Institute
How did leading sculptors of the day react during a revolutionary year almost a century ago? Twenty-two works, all from 1913, aim to find out in a new show in Leeds.
Culture24/7: Ships, silver and symphonies in our History and Heritage picks for November
From Aberdeen and Leeds to Swansea and Stowmarket, here are a few exhibitions to look out for during the course of the month.
Remembrance 2012: Remembering the wars at museums, heritage sites and online
We take a look at some of the key Remembrance services and exhibitions, including sound installations and Norwich Castle turning red in support of The Royal British Legion.
"Irresistible challenge" leads Iron Man to Royal Armouries
A life-size replica of Iron Man will be the first figure to greet visitors to the Royal Armouries this summer, after organisers installed a statue made by a Bradford car body artist at the centre of......
Sarah Lucas creates sculptures from Ordinary Things at Henry Moore Institute in Leeds
Challenging traditional notions of sculpture forms and materials, the work of the former YBA makes use of everyday items including fruit, tights and a bucket.
Vampire kit and gun designed to face Tyrannosaurus Rex join the Royal Armouries
A 19th century anti-Dracula kit containing a pistol, rosary beads and a set of stakes joins one of the most powerful rifles ever made as the Royal Armouries adds to its collections.
Authentic medieval jousting returns to Leeds Armouries for Bank Holiday weekend
The Royal Armouries in Leeds is promising a medieval spectacular for the Bank Holiday weekend as knights battle it out to secure victory in the majestic Tournament of the Griffin.
Sculptor Michael Dean presents tactile exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds
The "touchable" Government display features a series of work which was produced on-site in response to the gallery space's architectural forms and dimensions.
Pieces of Eight combines British heavy metal and Italian opera via Gothenburg and Finland
Abandoned houses in Sweden, heavy metal from Birmingham, condensed Titin comics and more as artists from Leeds and Scandinavia combine in a new show.
