Heritage
English Heritage split plans prove highly controversial
Tere has been uproar in response to a lengthy consultation on the government’s plans to split English Heritage, with nearly 600 replies querying the plans’ viability. The plan is to make the body com-
pletely self-financing, no longer reliant on tax-payer support, with English Heritage becoming an independent charity respon- sible solely for the management of 440 historical sites including Stonehenge, Dover Castle and Hadrian’s Wall. Te rest of the organisation’s operations would remain within the UK government and be renamed Historic England, but the plans have drawn criticism from a number of stakeholders. Details:
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Notts Castle eyes £24m revamp
A Trust has been estab- lished to help push forward £24m (US$40.4m, €29.1m) plans for the regeneration of Nottingham Castle in the UK. Nottingham Castle Trust is
supporting plans for the cas- tle to be turned into a leading heritage tourist attraction, with the aim to achieve this by 2019. Its introduction is a way to
attract further funding for the project on a new partnership basis with the local com- munity and council, while ensuring that the castle and its collections still belong to the people of Nottingham. If funding is raised and
plans approved, the castle would receive the addition of a new visitor centre and improved approach routes leading to the castle.
Plans include a sharper focus on the castle’s historic caves Development work would
see the opening of an inter- active ‘Robin And Te Rebels’ gallery, which would explore the region’s affiliation with the idea of citizenship, as well as
the myth of Robin Hood. Te plans also include a sharper focus on the castle’s relation- ship with its historic caves, with a progressive glass liſt. Details:
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Global landmarks at risk from rising sea levels Te famous wall was originally built in 122 AD
Hadrian’s Wall Trust to dissolve after funding cuts
Hadrian’s Wall Trust – which oversees maintenance of the wall and adjoining visitor centre – is to close down within six months, aſter finance for the project evap- orated, leaving funding support for the World Heritage Site mired in uncertainty. Following an internal review, the trust-
ees decided that current arrangements for the site were “unsustainable”. A number of organisations are attempting to generate funds for the one of the most well-known monuments in the UK, but as things stand, maintenance of the wall could become a problem in the coming months. “We hope and pray that resources can be
found to keep the heritage site safe,” com- mented the chief executive of the Hadrian’s Wall Trust, Linda Tuttiett. “The future is uncertain. Everyone’s
committed to finding a solution, but it has still not been finalised and nobody has got any money. It would be dreadful to think one of Britain’s premier heritage sites was not being looked aſter properly.” Details:
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Famous attractions such as the Sydney Opera House and the Statue of Liberty are at risk of being lost under rising seas caused by climate change, according to a new report. The study, published in
the journal Environmental Research Letters looked at the impact rising sea levels would have on UNESCO World Heritage Sites over 2,000 years, but the authors warned that the impacts would be felt much sooner if measures aren’t taken to rein- force flood defences. Te scientists said a global
temperature increase of 3C (37.4F) by the end of the cen- tury – causing ice sheets to melt and warming oceans to expand – would see 20 per cent of the world’s 720 world heritage attractions affected. Lead author Professor Ben
Marzeion, of the University of Innsbruck in Austria, said Europe’s cultural treasures will be particularly vulner- able to the rising sea levels. Te famous canal city Venice
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Sites like Sydney Harbour Bridge are at risk from rising sea levels
is at risk, as is the leaning tower of Pisa, he said, while the city centres of Bruges in Belgium, Naples in Italy and St Petersburg in Russia are all in jeopardy, as are Westminster Abbey and the Palace, according to the study. “It’s relatively safe to say
we’ll see the first impacts at these sites in the 21st century,” Marzeion told the Guardian. “Typically when people talk about climate change, it’s
about the economic or envi- ronmental consequences, how much it’s going to cost. We wanted to take a look at the cultural implications.” Te report examined the
impact across 2,000 years as such a time frame eradicates potential anomalies, with sci- entists still in debate over how quickly global sea levels will rise, leading to vastly conflict- ing research estimates. Details:
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