Behind the scenes at the British Library
Have you ever used our inter-library loan service, received a digitised article direct to your inbox, or received a book on loan from the British Library, and wondered what actually happens at the British...
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Sounds of the sea
Many of us are inspired by the sights and sounds of nature. Many students studying our creative courses such as fine art and music find inspiration from nature for their creative outputs. The British...
Fashion forecasting
Bloomsbury Academic produce podcasts promoting their publications. “An important skill for any designer is the ability to create the future of fashion, or at least be able to predict it. Learn how to do...
Theatre Voice Podcast – Julie Taymor
TheatreVoice regularly produce podcasts which shine a light into British Theatre. This audio content features practitioners from the theatre industry as well as journalists from the UK press. To mark its 20th anniversary in...
V&A Illustration awards
The V&A Illustration Awards are free to enter, and celebrate excellence in student illustration and three categories of contemporary practice – book cover design, book illustration and illustrated journalism. Explore the extensive blog for...
Art journal – latest issue available online
Calling all artists – the latest issue of the Art Journal is now out – volume 79, issue 1 (2020). The university library subscribes to this journal to support the learning and research of...
Interview with Hannah Lee – writing picture books
Artists and Writers provide industry advice to writers and artists. Before lockdown, they joined up with picture books author Hannah Lee to chat all things writing. They talked about the publication of her debut...
Free publications from the Getty Conservation Institute
Check out the Getty Conservation Institute’s web pages – nearly 200 of their publications are available to download for free. These include scientific research, conference proceedings, case studies, project reports, bibliographies, and works on...
Illustrator Holly Sterling launches children’s book
Holly Sterling, one of our own lecturers, is also a children’s writer and illustrator, and had just launching her book, Karate Kids. Holly was inspired to write the book from her passion for karate,...
Print-making and natural dyes
The Fashion and Textile Museum in London are promoting the work on Babs Behan, who is a natural dye artist and designer. They have recently shared her’ first online tutorial on nettle dying which...
A day in the life of Zandra Rhodes
Calling all fashion students. This video produced by the Fashion and Textile Museum in London features Zandra Rhodes talking about processes, practices and the importance of sketching.
Unveiling the 2020 BBC Proms
For everyone who loves the annual BBC Proms, or loves music, here is great news – the BBC have unveiled how they will bring us a summer of music, despite Covid-19 meaning they can’t...
Sunderland University Art & Design online degree show
Many universities are giving students the opportunity to exhibit in virtual degree shows. Our show here at the University of Sunderland will be hosted on the Sunderland Creatives web site. Our online platform will...
How to increase the proportion of online resources on your reading lists
This post is for our academic colleagues as you prepare your modules for next academic year. You may want to take this opportunity to review your reading lists, and see if you can increase...
Latest music blog posts from the British Library
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...