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heritage

August 11, 2020

Social and economic growth stunted by outdated view of heritage, says RSA

Heritage could be a key vehicle for driving inclusive growth and building more resilient and inclusive communities, says a new report from the RSA.
April 2, 2018

Pilot scheme launched to help build sustainable future for listed places of worship

A new scheme to help build a sustainable future for listed places of worship will be piloted in urban and rural areas in England, Heritage Minister Michael Ellis has announced.
March 17, 2018

TUC Cultural Manifesto for Yorkshire and the Humber launched

The TUC Cultural Manifesto aims to make good jobs in the creative, cultural and leisure sector a reality.
June 17, 2015

Magna Carta, 'heritage' and delusion

We have a tendency in these islands – particularly in England – to prefer our history packaged as 'heritage'.
November 17, 2012

Methodists encourage people to dig out their radical history

Historians are inviting people to dig up stories about radical, dissenting Methodists in their family tree and share them on a new heritage website.
March 24, 2010

English Heritage concerned over future of historic religious buildings

English Heritage is researching the physical condition of historic places of worship - and is concerned about the future of some historic buildings of wide civic value and interest.
June 12, 2009

Repentant New Yorker will not be punished for removing antiquities

Though taking artefacts from antiquities site constitutes a severe criminal offence, the Israel Antiquities Authority says it will not prosecute a repentant New Yorker who returned a fragment he had taken from an ancient palace.
November 29, 2007

Religion in Leeds is put in its place by new study

A small Leeds church designed in 1932 and described as a "gem" when it was built has been "rediscovered" and given a Grade II listing on the advice of English Heritage - which has also produced a new publication reflecting on the way churches and faith have helped shape the city historically.
October 2, 2007

Christian heritage and a marriage of inconvenience

Even in modern Europe, there is an undercurrent of racism often linked with the notion of preserving 'a Christian heritage' says Savi Hensman. Minority groups are excluded and people are made to feel insecure. A better theology and practice of God's radical grace is needed.