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Coventry City of Culture Trust has confirmed that the year of culture will start on 15 May 2021 and run for 12 months, and has given an update on what the opening weeks will include.

The British Motor Museum is delighted to announce a new partnership with King & McGaw to make its extensive photographic archive available around the world.

Wolverhampton will now host British Art Show 9 in January 2022 after new dates for the touring exhibition were announced by organisers after consultation with all the partner cities.

Culture Coventry Trust, which manages the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, has secured grant funding of £500,000 from Arts Council England and an additional £100,000

Leading and award-winning UK authors, including Michael Rosen, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tanya Landman and Sita Brahmachari, are amongst those who have recorded events for the Stratford Literary Festival in a project called Authors for Schools designed to inspire children being home-schooled during lockdown.

A moving short film telling real-life lockdown stories of people in Coventry is being released on Friday (Jan 29).

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to finalise plans for the second phase of Wolverhampton Art Gallery improvement works to start in June 2021.

Tickets are now on sale for next month’s Wolverhampton Literature Festival (February 12-14).