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Tuesday 13th August 2024

Access to Bosworth Medieval Festival

About the festival The Bosworth Medieval Festival, affectionately known as MedFest, is a unique family-friendly event held each August to re-enact the Battle of Bosworth.  History enthusiasts will recall the...

Friday 11th August 2023

Making the ‘We Are Harborough’ interactive walkthrough

Article by Moosa – Undergraduate student at the University of Leicester As a final year Creative Computing student, I had the privilege of developing a website for Culture Leicestershire’s ‘We...

Tuesday 25th July 2023

Reflections from the Visioning a Creative and Cultural County (VCCC) Summer Project

What a hugely exciting and inspiring Visioning a Creative and Cultural County (VCCC) Summer Project Day we had on Tuesday 11th July 2023 at the University of Leicester! We were...

Wednesday 19th July 2023

The Special Significance of ‘A Tale of Two Reinterments’ exhibition at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre – reflections from guests at the launch

A Celebration of Unity and Heritage The exhibition at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre stands as a momentous occasion that celebrates unity, cultural integration, and the homogenisation of different communities, particularly...

Thursday 22nd June 2023

Expressing Emotions Through Art – by Kate Lugar

Building a new life experience in a new country is quite challenging for anyone. But community and new connections can help to find strength, settle in faster and in a...

Tuesday 2nd May 2023

My Time as a Work Experience Student at Melton Mowbray Carnegie Museum – by Elizabeth Barry

• Volunteering

As a work experience student, I have had a very informative month at Melton Carnegie Museum. I’m currently at Exeter University, studying Philosophy and Modern Languages, but I have lived...

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Rebuilding Lives Exhibition – 50 Years on and an Opportunity for a Family to Truly Reflect

I am born in the UK.  England is my home.  Although for many years I struggled to understand where I actually belonged.  I grew up in Leicester to parents of...

Friday 22nd April 2022

Volunteering for My Books My Story

• Volunteering

Written by Kaori Kameda Do you have any favourite books? Are there any stories you cannot forget for a long time? The exhibition ‘My Books, My Story’ is a pop-up...

Monday 21st February 2022

Flash Fiction Short Story Competition winners!

1st Place: The Writing on the Library Wall by Chantelle Taylor It’s a fresh kinda morning, the air smells damp like rain, there’s a slight breeze but nothing too cold....

Thursday 6th January 2022

What co-curation looks like with Anand Mangal

‘What did you put in your suitcase when you left Uganda?’ A question asked by a pupil during the first Anand Mangal culture sharing workshop.

Tuesday 2nd March 2021

Creating Volunteering Opportunities in a Covid World

• Volunteering

I am a Volunteering Co-ordinator for the Participation team, and my role is to create cultural volunteering opportunities in order to promote community engagement. The traditional model for volunteering has...

Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Creating cultural communities – an exploration through music and art

“Picture a grey wet November morning. The location is a small room in an arts centre with 6 sanitised yoga mats, 3 musicians and some parents with their babies and...