Whilst the library buildings are closed your subject librarians have been securing extra resources to help you with your studies and research. The additional temporary resources are available online and you will need to...
The Music blog produced by the British Library has a wide range of content – here are links to a selection of recent posts: Lockdown piano – the pedagogical works of Muzio Clementi Digitised...
Many great cultural institutions around the world can be accessed from your own home. Have an explore for artistic interpretations similar to your artistic practice, but also use this opportunity to discover new art...
Are you a classical music buff, or do your music tastes lie in different directions? Do you always listen to the same style of music? Here is a new way of discovering classical music…’spin...
The Royal Opera House are kindly sharing some of their performances via their YouTube channel. It is part of their #OurHouseToYourHouse series. It includes current performances as well as historical ones. Our music and...
How often have you thought, ‘Oh, I wish I’d see that programme’ when it had been broadcast?’, or ‘I’ve missed watching this other programme on catch-up’? This is where Box of Broadcasts, fondly known...
National Galleries Scotland have got an excellent YouTube Channel which poses the questions you wish you knew the answer to. Here are a selection: Why can’t I touch art? What makes an artwork iconic?...
Plug in and listen to the Walk of Art podcasts created by the Tate. Grace Dent on the Young British Artists and Shoreditch Emma Gannon on Barbara Hepworth and St Ives Dolly Alderton on...
You may have heard about the BBC’s initiative Culture in Quarantine, which is bringing arts and culture into your home during the current lockdown. Durham University’s Learning and Engagement have been inspired by this,...
Please find below a call from Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens for students and residents in Sunderland. We are living through extraordinary times. Can you help Sunderland Museum record this moment in the City’s...
Suzie, our Academic Liaison Librarian for Art and Design, encourages you visit the National Glass Centre’s No Strings online exhibition. It runs until 13th September 2020 so you have plenty of time to visit....
During the pandemic the impact on peoples’ mental health is flagged as a major concern, but there have been concerns and reports on mental health long before this. There is already a wide variety...
Are you currently on a social work placement or working in a care home? Then the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has created a website page dedicated to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Safeguarding. This...
Have you heard? The Glass Art Society is hosting a Virtual Conference —free and open to the public at glassart.org starting Thursday 21st May! They’re working with glass artists from all over the world...
Artists are responding to the Covid-19 virus in different ways. Has any of your practice changed in response to the lockdown? Have you been moved to respond creatively? These are some ways artists are...