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News £4.9 million Coventry Transport Museum Lottery bid boosts 14th century Old Grammar SchoolPlanners at the world's largest British transport collection are on the road to winning £4.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, utilising a forgotten building as part of the proposals.04 April 2012 -
News 600-year-old alchemy tale revisited as Science Museum finds 23rd version of Ripley ScrollA 20-foot copy of a 15th century scroll telling tales of the earliest alchemists in Britain has been found by organisers preparing for a major new show at the Science Museum.22 March 2012 -
News A marvellous menagerie as National Museum Wales opens new gallery The Wolf InsideChickens, pigs, goats and complete horse and cow skeletons feature in the Cardiff museum's new gallery, which also draws close comparisons between wolves and dogs.10 October 2012 -
News A stitch in time: work starts on the Great Scottish Tapestry at the Scottish ParliamentAuthor Alexander McCall Smith and Scottish Parliament officer Tricia Marwick have put the initial stitches to a tapestry of Scottish history that is expected to be the longest in the world.10 April 2012 -
News A Study in Scarlet: Stephen Fry and friends mark 125 years of Conan Doyle's Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes fans will get a glimpse of a rarely-seen first edition of A Study in Scarlet at Portsmouth City Museum, accompanied by an audio tour voiced by Stephen Fry.23 November 2012 -
News Achievements of Project Art Works group celebrated with Anthology launch at Tate BritainA group which has spent 15 years working with galleries and artists to improve the lives of people with severe intellectual impairments has launched a book recording its work.31 October 2012 -
News Airport x-ray scans reveal haul of new Bronze Age axeheads in pot found in Jersey fieldArchaeologists believe the weapons found in a pot in the area of Trinity last month may have been used as objects of prestige after finding a further 21 axeheads inside the vessel.13 November 2012 -
News Art, dance and history as MAC becomes Belfast's latest cultural centreThe Northern Irish capital welcomes the Metropolitan Arts Centre, an £18 million, six-storey development which is the city's first purpose-built arts attraction.23 April 2012 -
News Artist Kathy Hinde joins Bedford Creative Arts for audio bat project Vocal MigrationsKathy Hinde is working with the local community on a project using micro devices to electronically alter vocal performances, inspired by the way bats use echo locate.25 September 2012 -
News Attention-craving meerkat to meet Newcastle in animal invasion at Life Science CentreFurry facilitator Jay Gunn promises the truth about animals as he prepares to accompany bats and planetarium shows in a weekend of fun at the Newcastle centre.01 May 2012 -
News AV Wroe's "birdcage on bicycle wheels" Triplane inspires playwright at MOSIA visit to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester has inspired playwright Berlie Doherty to pen a play about a World War I flyer who is drawn to the Peak District.21 February 2012 -
News Barr Beacon to become wonder of Walsall after planners win £440,000 Lottery awardA damaged war memorial for Warwickshire and Staffordshire on a site mentioned in the Domesday Book will become a centre for community pride in a three-year heritage project.27 March 2012 -
News Beamish steam loco Lewin No 18 returns to the dock where it worked for 100 yearsBeamish’s recently restored, 135-year-old steam locomotive, the Lewin No 18, is making a historic return to its former workplace, where it worked for more than 100 years.22 August 2012 -
News Bedford Creative Arts lets Aaron Head loose with billboards and psychogeographic toursBedford Creative Arts' latest mini-commission sees Aaron Head palyfully alter an advertising billboard to present the scene normally concealed behind it.26 October 2012 -
News Bell ringers mark opening day of Olympics with Martin Creed compositionThe public have enjoyed a nationwide rendition of Martin Creed's Work No 1197: All the Bells in a Country rung as Quickly and as Loudly as Possible for Three Minutes.27 July 2012 -
News Blow for cash Flo plans as London Borough of Bromley claims ownership of Henry Moore workThe Henry Moore sculpture at the centre of controversial fundraising plans in Tower Hamlets could be put on public display after new research indicating Bromley may own it.20 December 2012 -
News Bob & Roberta Smith's Art on the Underground project launches on Central Line for OlympicsBob & Roberta Smith is the latest artist to engage with Art on the Underground - in readiness for an Olympic surge through the Central Line.11 May 2012 -
News Brilliant biologist D'Arcy Thompson inspires new art collection at University of DundeeThe late 19th and early 18th century polymath, best known for book On Growth and Form and decades of academic leadership, will be the subject of a £100,000 art collection.12 January 2012 -
News British Library publishes 30 years of letters between Ted Hughes and critic Keith SagarThe British Library has begun mining its impressive Ted Hughes archive with the publication of a frank 30-year correspondence between the poet and the critic Keith Sagar.26 April 2012 -
News British Library secures oldest surviving book in EuropeRead our Curator's Choice as the British Library's £9 million fundraising campaign to secure the St Cuthbert Gospel succeeds.17 April 2012
