What’s your favourite frame from Amy Winehouse’s ‘You Know I’m No Good’? How about Aurora’s ‘Runaway’ or Self Esteem’s ‘The Deep Blue Okay’? If you don’t have a favourite frame from those videos, UMG UK’s latest studio wants to help you find one. It’s called Pause, and has launched a service that turns moments from music
Universal Music Group UK has unveiled creative studio Pause, which turns moments from music history into physical art forms. Using proprietary technology, Pause offers music fans and collectors the opportunity to own a unique, museum-quality print capturing a single frame from iconic music videos – with Aurora, Keane, Self Esteem and Jeff Goldblum pioneering the
The UK government’s plans to give English mayors new powers to levy tourist taxes have been cautiously welcomed by culture sector professionals, who say that revenue raised from the new tax should go towards supporting arts and culture. Under the plans, which were announced yesterday, any new levy would apply to visitors at accommodation providers
Under The Stalls Art Fair, a new event dedicated to celebrating creative talent from across Norfolk and the wider region, will make its debut at the Undercroft Gallery from April 23 to 26, 2026. Created and organised by Urban Art Store, the team behind the hugely successful Banksy to Bitcoin exhibition that drew thousands of visitors in
Courses are structured to provide industry-focused skills for emerging creatives Graeme Whitfield Regional business editor 16:44, 24 Nov 2025 Students from the Northern School of Art celebrating the third Outstanding Ofsted rating for The Northern School of Art’s Middlesbrough campus in February 2025(Image: Northern School of Art) Since the 1870s, The Northern School of Art
In a craggy cave a hundred feet below the Forest of Dean, Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas are standing in front of Hambling’s huge white fibreglass sculpture Henrietta Eating a Meringue (2001), which emerges from the gloom like a ghostly vortex. The piece was inspired by the idea of Hambling’s late lover and muse Henrietta
Blythe educated himself by borrowing library books and went on to write more than 30 of his own. His best known work, Akenfield, is an account of village life in Suffolk from the 1890s and 1960s. Blythe was appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2017 for services to literature. Lucy Gallard, project manager
Authored by park founders Simon and Monique Gudgeon, Sculpture by the Lakes: A Journey of Art, Landscape and Conservation traces the transformation of a former fishery into an internationally recognised sculpture park and botanic garden. The book details the couple’s creative journey, illustrating how their love for art, landscape design and conservation shaped the park.
The Royal London Hospital’s neurosciences unit has unveiled a transformed day room. The initiative was a collaborative effort between Vital Arts, Headway East London, and artist Billy Mann. The artwork aims to provide a supportive space for patients as they adjust to life following a traumatic brain injury. Interactive day rooms support patient recovery through
The Artery Studios, in Worcester, will welcome visitors to the Worcester 100 Youth Open Call Exhibition on Saturday, November 29, and Sunday, November 30, celebrating emerging young talent from across the region. Across the exhibition weekend, four free creative workshops for under-18s will also be held, including graffiti and art sessions. The Graff ‘a’ Can