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24 Jul 2014
UK's first black heritage centre opens in Brixton, London
A new £7m (US$11.9m, €8.8m) development in Brixton, south London – supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) – has opened today (24 July) in the form of the UK’s first national black heritage centre. Occupying the refurbished grade II-listed
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24 Jul 2014
Italy's over 65s lose free access to cultural attractions
Italy has abolished a long-standing practice to allow people aged 65 or over free access to the country’s 225 state-owned museums, galleries and archeological sites. The move is an attempt to level the playing field for other visitors, according
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24 Jul 2014
VisitBritain banks on silver screen to spark Japanese tourist influx
UK tourism body VisitBritain is hoping the emerging popularity of TV dramas such as Downton Abbey and Sherlock in Japan will lead to a surge of new visitors to the UK. The globally popular – and quintessentially British – TV shows have both recently aired on Japanese national channel NHK, while the Paddington film is to set to be
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23 Jul 2014
Grand Canyon development proposals cause controversy
Two projects in and around the Grand Canyon – the famous US landmark that welcomed nearly 4.6 million visitors in 2013 – are raising concerns about how much more development the attraction can withstand. The first project, led by the Italian
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23 Jul 2014
One Piece anime theme park coming to Tokyo Tower in 2015
Anime fans could soon be planning a trip to Tokyo to visit the world’s first One Piece theme park, due to open its doors in Q1 of 2015. The popular Japanese manga and later anime series, which first debuted in December 1997, follows the
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23 Jul 2014
US$500m version of Puy du Fou coming to Russia in 2017
Plans for a US$500m (€371m, £292m) historical theme park in Russia have been confirmed after Russian billionaire Konstantin Malofeyev signed an agreement with French company Puy du Fou International to build the attraction. The concept will be
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23 Jul 2014
Manchester United Museum welcomes five millionth visitor
The Manchester United Museum is about to reach a significant landmark when it welcomes its five millionth visitor through its doors later this month. Originally opened in 1986 as the first of its kind in the world, the Manchester United Museum was in the south-east corner of Old Trafford until it moved to the
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22 Jul 2014
New Chinese museum of literature boasts 2.75m books
China’s rich literary past is to be celebrated in a new Beijing museum boasting 2.75m books, made up of cultural classics from across the past millennium. After two years of careful restoration in a heavily-guarded warehouse, the collection of
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IDEATTACK was founded in 2004 by Natasha Varnica and Dan Thomas. Bringing together their expertise in architecture and entertainment design, they saw the need for planners of a new type of mixed-use project that requires expertise in both disciplines.
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