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Got a question of sport? Check out your local museum

Got a question of sport? Check out your local museum

Since Murray took the Wimbledon title last month, tennis fever has taken over the country. Those suffering withdrawal can learn the evolution of the game from a garden party pastime to a multimillion-dollar professional sport at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.

Huw Edwards on voyage to find Welsh people who have shaped Australia

Huw Edwards on voyage to find Welsh people who have shaped Australia

In a new programme for BBC Cymru Wales, Huw Edwards travels to Australia to discover the Welsh people, past and present, who have shaped the nation. In Wales In Australia With Huw Edwards he finds that Welsh people have played a big part in Australia’s remarkable success story.

Stunning photographic exhibition on display at the Stratford Butterfly Farm

Stunning photographic exhibition on display at the Stratford Butterfly Farm

Visitors to the Stratford Butterfly Farm will be able to see a stunning photographic display by well-known wildlife photographer Peter Farmer of Survivalphotos.

Hard Rock Couture - A music inspired fashion collection

Hard Rock Couture - A music inspired fashion collection

A stunning new exhibition of clothing items from pop and rock superstars and legends including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson and Elton John are to go on display in the UK this summer courtesy of a never-seen-before touring memorabilia exhibition produced by Hard Rock Cafe.

Halls’ Croft celebrates its 400th anniversary

Halls’ Croft celebrates its 400th anniversary

Hall’s Croft, the elegant 17th century marital home of Susanna, daughter of William Shakespeare, is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year.

Graffiti tagging takes Twitter twist

Graffiti tagging takes Twitter twist

Street artists have created history by painting the first ever piece of art inspired by social networking sites including Twitter and Facebook.

Struggling to keep up with the confusing Kardashians? You're not alone

What makes you Confused.com? New research from the price comparison website reveals the top 10 things that the British public are most confused by.

One month to go until Museums at Night 2013

One month to go until Museums at Night 2013

There is just one month to go until Museums at Night, the UK's annual late night festival of art, culture and heritage.

Radio 1Xtra launches comedy season

Radio 1Xtra launches comedy season

Running from 8-28 April, the season features a stand-up comedy series, Radio 1Xtra’s Comedy Club; Knockback, a scripted radio comedy drama written by and starring actors Daniel Kaluuya (Skins and Psychoville) and Jason Lewis (The Jason Lewis Experience and Miranda)

HMC to host exhibition from the Guild of Motoring Artists

HMC to host exhibition from the Guild of Motoring Artists

The Heritage Motor Centre is to host a special exhibition from the Guild of Motoring Artists from the 27 April – 3 June.

New Wordsworth Museum exhibition invites the nation to wonder about Dorothy

New Wordsworth Museum exhibition invites the nation to wonder about Dorothy

A new exhibition at Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum is enticing visitors to Grasmere, Cumbria by asking them to stop and wonder, answering questions for themselves about one of history’s greatest literary enigmas, Dorothy Wordsworth.

Channel 4 launches exclusive online community Tribes Live

Channel 4 launches exclusive online community Tribes Live

Channel 4 has announced the launch of Tribes Live, a new ‘real time’ online community of 16 to 24 year-olds which will provide the broadcaster and its advertising clients with spontaneous, valuable insight and a better understanding of their most engaged audience demographic.

Canary Wharf unveils A Table from the Sea’s Edge

Canary Wharf unveils A Table from the Sea’s Edge

Canary Wharf Group has unveiled the latest addition to its award-winning public art programme: A Table from the Sea’s Edge by Silas Birtwistle.

New exhibition showcases treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections

New exhibition showcases treasures from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections

On Monday 18 March, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust will open a fascinating new exhibition featuring unique and priceless treasures from its collections, many of them on public display for the first time.

Culture vessel MS Stubnitz sails into Wood Wharf

Culture vessel MS Stubnitz sails into Wood Wharf

Cold war relic and culture ark MS Stubnitz has sailed into a mooring at Wood Wharf, the waterfront area earmarked for future development immediately east of Canary Wharf in Central London.