Arts and culture news

Arts Degree Show to showcase work of emerging artists

Students from the School of the Arts, English and Drama are set to exhibit a wide range of work at the 2018 Arts Degree Show, which opens to the public on 9 June.

Loughborough academics return for second episode of Poetry Podcast

Returning for its second episode, ‘School of Poetry’ is back with fresh guests and themes.
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Fruit Routes event to prompt conversations on global issues

Loughborough University’s Fruit Routes project is once again returning to campus from 13-15 June.
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University arts programme to capture the sounds of Loughborough

Three artists are to capture the different sounds of Loughborough as part of a project that explores how music makes place and place makes music.

English and drama lecturer organises sell-out wrestling event as part of her research into Britain’s Spandex-driven grappling scene

Determinism is as much a part of professional wrestling as a Boston crab, according to some very hands-on research.

Loughborough University looks to inspire young minds this summer

Loughborough University’s School and College Liaison Team will be bringing back their ‘Inspiring Minds’ series of events this summer.
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New 10-day Arts Festival to bring top industry names to Loughborough

Renowned creatives, the history of food, poetry and an artist that once destroyed all their belongings…
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Music scholarship students to showcase their talent in University concert

Two Loughborough students that have been awarded prestigious music scholarships will be taking to the stage next week.
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Loughborough’s history is explored in collaborative textile project

First year University students and Charnwood Arts have worked together to produce an exhibition that merges historic themes with contemporary textile designs.
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Cinema screening to raise money for Loughborough charity

Flix and the Ethnic Minorities Network are hosting a film fundraiser this weekend to raise money for Loughborough-based charity Baca.

Uproot, the Overton Poetry Prize 2017 winner

Winner of Overton Poetry Prize 2017 to launch chapbook

The winning 2017 Overton Poetry Prize collection, which explores aspects of identity and migration, is to be published later this month.
Pictured is Evan Ifekoya, A Score, A Groove, a Phantom, Performance Whitstable Biennale 2016, photo by Bernard G Mills.

Arts event to discuss relationship between black people, music and movement

Artists and academics are to come together at an innovative LU Arts event to explore the relationships between black people, music and movement.

Loughborough academics host new Poetry Podcast in celebration of World Poetry Day

A brand new podcast has been published by Loughborough University, in celebration of World Poetry Day.
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Exhibition to examine role of objects using items from Leicester’s historical collections

Staff, students and members of the public are invited to an exhibition that uses items from Leicester’s historical collections to examine the role and status of objects.

Professor Phillip Lindley

Expert on art, science and heritage joins Loughborough University

Renowned art historian Professor Phillip Lindley has joined the School of the Arts, English and Drama at Loughborough University.
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Loughborough student to celebrate first published book with University launch event

A Loughborough University student is celebrating her first published book by hosting a launch event on campus.
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LU Arts reveals exciting new Spring/Summer events programme

From an innovative screening of a 1920’s masterpiece to an English folk singer with a remarkable career, LU Arts’ new What’s On brochure has been released, featuring an exciting range of events.

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Arts event to mark launch of £1m project that explores how the 1947 Partition of India is remembered by South Asian communities in Britain

Loughborough University London and Radar – LU Arts’ contemporary programme that commissions artists to respond to academic research – are co-hosting an event to mark the launch of a £1m project that examines the 1947 Partition of India and its influence on community identity in the UK.
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Students and young members of the community brought together through research project

A Loughborough University research project, which aimed to bring students and young people from different walks of life together through creative workshops, has been hailed a success.

Images from the University’s Maya Project to feature in new exhibition

Images from a Loughborough social enterprise project which captures the lives of the Maya, the largest living group of Native Americans, are included in the new Virtual Museum of Human Ecology.
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New arts programme explores relationship between music and place

An innovative Loughborough University arts project is to explore how music and geography interact.
English lecturer's new book 'Britain by the book'

English lecturer’s latest work is a literary tour full of surprises

Dr Oliver Tearle, founder of the popular Interesting Literature blog, has scoured the country to write Britain by the Book: A Curious Tour of Our Literary Landscape, a collection of surprising and little-known stories behind classic works of literature.
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Poems exploring identity and migration win this year’s record-breaking Overton Poetry Prize

Pnina Shinebourne has been declared the winner of the Overton Poetry Prize 2017 with a sequence of poems entitled Uproot.

Creative Writing lecturer becomes poet-in-residence at Bradgate Park

Dr Kerry Featherstone, who oversees the School’s MA in Creative Writing, will take up the role as part of a new project based on creative inspiration at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire.

John Atkin sculpture in Toronto

Latest John Atkin sculpture unveiled in Toronto

Renowned Loughborough sculptor John Atkin has unveiled his latest sculpture, ‘Access to Justice’ in Toronto’s McMurtry Gardens of Justice.