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Buildings vs Landscapes
One of the reasons I got into heritage is because I really love old buildings, everything from grand stately homes to castle ruins to terraced houses. I like features – pillars and porticos, chimneys and bricks, door bells and boot scrapers, the extravagant and lavish to the practical and functional. So when I first started working on projects at Cannock Chase AONB in Staffordshire, I wasn’t sure how I would respond to a landscape rather than a building.
A Really Good Family Welcome
At Bright Culture we spend a lot of time working with organisations developing activities and programmes that will attract families. We often consult with families first, taking them around sites and talking to them about what they both expect and need to enjoy a visit. Whilst every family is different and walks into a site with a range of different expectations I think there is one fundamental every site can offer, and that’s a really good welcome.
Corsets & Treasure at Harborough Museum
One of the treats of our work is visiting places that are new to us, exploring museums of all types and deepening our understanding of our heritage and how it links to the present day.
St Peter’s Church, Preston Park: Chancel conservation
On an autumnal October afternoon, it was gratifying to see the launch of the Friends of St Peters, Preston Park’s project, Conserve Our Chancel.
Green light for the National Paralympic Heritage Trust
We worked with the Trust in 2016 to consult deaf and disabled people, and the wider public, on how the story of the Paralympic Movement can best be told, and on how the many people involved in the movement – athletes, coaches, staff, friends and family – can share their stories and artefacts.