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Robin Makin and Nicholas Wong with the documents discovered in a safe Business documents discovered in the former Rushworths building in Whitechapel have been donated to the University of Liverpool's research project into the business.

Professor Forsdick: "Translating Cultures will stimulate arts and humanities scholars” Professor Charles Forsdick, Head of the Department of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies has been announ

An exciting cinema-scale installation by Oxford University's Legacy Fellow will premiere this week at an exhibition in a disused power station in Oxford.

Nottingham's Broadway cinema is giving film fans the rare opportunity to see Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia, commissioned by Hitler to document the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The sacred songs and rhythms of Morocco and Burkina Faso will be bringing some musical sunshine to the Botanic Garden at the first Sounds Green cushion concert tonight, 6.15pm start.

Visitors to The Hunterian this July will have the unique opportunity to see London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic gold medals before the Games begin.

The rousing song Jerusalem and other musical classics have been recorded for the first time as they were originally conceived nearly 100 years ago, following work by a Durham University expert.

A group of concert-goers are to experience the city as never before in a pioneering project led by University of Manchester music researchers today (29 June).

Viewpoint: The Sound of Music, fiscal integration and this week's Eurozone meeting Costas Milas, Professor of Finance at the Management School " In the musical 'The Sound of Music', Maria repeatedly

After years of being overlooked as a film genre, amateur cinema is finally being recognised by academics as a form that merits serious study in its own right, offering a surprisingly candid eye on people and the past.

The results could also help explain why popular musical trends continuously evolve and why traditional musical forms can persist for thousands of years.

Nandini Das , a senior lecturer from the School of English , is one of the winners of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and BBC Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers Scheme. The scheme is a nationwide search for the brightest academic minds with the potential to turn their ideas into fascinating broadcasts.

What is it that makes a movie successful? A faculty member from the Judge Business School believes that the industry and experts are looking in the wrong places when it comes to measuring the financial gain of a film - so often the bottom line when determining a 'hit'.

A structure which helped thousands of people embark on their journeys out of Plymouth over the space of six decades is the striking centerpiece of a new art exhibition.

A University of Manchester academic has been chosen as one of 10 winners of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Thinkers 2012.

But that is what will happen when researchers from Plymouth University head for The Times Cheltenham Science Festival, which runs from June 12-17.

Staff and students at The University of Nottingham will be breathing life into characters from history and fiction to take local primary school pupils on a whistle-stop tour of the arts and humanities.

The world's largest working steam mill engine is to be transformed into a gigantic instrument at a unique concert this bank holiday weekend (Sunday 3 June).

Understanding the impact of digital technology What kinds of digital technologies will emerge in the next 50 years?

A new book by Professor Emma Wilson from the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages looks at how death is addressed through modern artworks based in visual media.

At a lecture tomorrow, Professor Steven Shapin will decant some of the terminology of wine-tasting and look at the ways in which our relationship with wine reflects the way we live and how this has shifted over time.

Carl Hopkins , Head of the University's Acoustic Research Unit in the School of Architecture , was awarded the prestigious Tyndall Medal in recognition of his contribution to the field of acoustics.

A rare medieval service book is being unveiled in 'virtual form' in the Nottingham parish church where it was used during the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.

Cambridge neuroscientists will be among the members of an innovative educational charity joining a Pink Floyd tribute band to celebrate the transforming power of music.

The University of Birmingham will co-host a cultural engagement symposium at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday 8 May 2012 focused on connecting cities, universities and international partners in arts and culture.

Warwick's Director of Music, Paul McGrath, will be mentoring Marcus du Sautoy on the BBC's new series 'Maestro at the Opera', starting on Friday 4 May.

The Bodleian Library is asking the public for help in cataloguing one of its collections. As part of a new project, members of the public are being asked to help describe 4,000 music pieces from the Bodleian Libraries' collections.