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Arts minister steps in to prevent extraordinary collection from export.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey addressed a gathering of ‘The Treasure Houses of England’, a group of England’s most splendid country houses open to the public.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Record breaking British rower Roz Savage has encouraged Papua New Guineans to join global environmental movements to save the planet from disintegration.
UK wins World Expo’s highest design accolade for second consecutive time at Milan Expo 2015.
Ahead of the opening of a High Commission in Apia in 2019, British High Commissioner Laura Clarke speaks of the close bond with Samoa.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers spoke today at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in London.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The winners of the Royal Navy’s annual photographic competition, known as The Peregrine Trophy, were announced by the First Sea Lord at a ceremony at the Old Naval College Greenwich last night (June 25).
Secretary of State Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP speaking at the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize award ceremony.
New British Inventors: Inside Heatherwick Studio exhibition opens at the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, as part of the 2015 UK-China Year of Cultural Exchange.
The Prime Minister made a speech about investment opportunities in Northern Ireland to an international audience in Belfast.
Last chance to keep the captivating 17th Century masterpiece in the UK.
Tourism, cycling and the arts boosted by new funding in Yorkshire, the Chancellor announces.
Ed Vaizey temporarily saves May Morris wall hangings
Late eighteenth century work Omai has already spent years overseas
An exhibition celebrating the life of one of Britain’s most iconic nuclear plants has opened in Cumbria.
Arts minister steps in to prevent painting from export.
Prime Minister David Cameron has congratulated Europe on their "stunning victory" in the Ryder Cup
Foreign Minister Senator The Hon Bob Carr delivered the Magna Carta Lecture in Sydney on February 8th.
After two decades in space, the remarkable journey of the Cassini spacecraft comes to a dramatic end on Friday 15 September.
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