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A new exhibition in Portugal's foremost national museum the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga offers a new interpretation of Renaissance Lisbon, thanks to research by a Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) historian.

A previously undiscovered species of an extinct primordial giant worm with terrifying snapping jaws has been identified by an international team of scientists.

Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts partners with Brighton Festival in May The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts ( ACCA ) is partnering with Brighton Festival as a co-producer on multiple events in the 2017 festival, which runs from 6-28 May.

What makes a heartthrob? It's not what men think Alpha males beware. You're not what women want. At least, not unless you have a damaged, vulnerable side that makes you ready to be tamed.

The University of Bristol and Bristol Cathedral are collaborating on a new research project which will explore the nature of sound inside the building and the way that it impacts on visitors.

With all the talk of 'fake news', is the world now best understood as a cartoon? Highly acclaimed artist Andy Holden provides his animated theory on the subject through a new exhibition just opened at Lancaster University's Peter Scott Gallery.

Over 33,000 essays, scientific notes, and letters written by George III, Britain's longest reigning king, are now available to view and examine on a new global online portal launching today thanks to

Cardiff University is inviting staff, students and graduates to be part of an exciting public art trail across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Major new Sussex Modernist exhibition opens in London A new exhibition charting the influence of Sussex on the modernist movement in Britain and beyond will open its doors to the public in London this weekend.

How universities and black and minority ethnic communities* work together will be the focus of a new UK-wide project.

The Mead Gallery at the University of Warwick presents a major new exhibition by one of India's foremost contemporary artists, Subodh Gupta running from 14 January to 11 March 2017.

A volunteer army of music lovers is being recruited to take part in the UK's first live music census.

Fernand Gobet is a Professor of Decision Making and Expertise based in the University's Institute of Psychology, Health and Society.

On Wednesday 4 January 2017 the regular weekly broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 will be a service for Epiphany from the Chapel of King's College London.

One of the jewels of the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments in the Faculty of Music is a trumpet made in 1666 by Simon Beale, who was the state trumpeter both to Oliver Cromwell and Charles II.

Ground-breaking digital biblical image project launched A ground-breaking project of the largest ever online commentary on the Bible through visual images is to be launched by King's College London, following a donation.

A Dean at the Royal College of Art is to take up a key leadership role at Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA).

People living with dementia all over Scotland have contributed to an innovative new project, featuring a striking array of tartans, which goes on show today at Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.

Tonight, The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and the Ashmolean Museum are teaming up for FRIGHTFriday, a free, awe-inspiring evening of events exploring the art and science of hope and fear.

A new project to broker partnerships between the arts and humanities sector and universities in South West England and South East Wales to generate economic growth has received funding.

To celebrate Coventry's bid for the City of Culture in 2017 Dr Emma Parfitt, Sociology Researcher at the University of Warwick and Fargo village are bringing 17 artists and academics together for an exhibition of local artists' work that aims to bridge the art-science divide.

The world renowned Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow has secured a £1m research grant for Phase 2 of 'Editing Burns for the 21st Century'.

Five selected Artists have each been working together with researchers at the University of Bath to influence each other's work, study each other's methods and contribute to each other's output, in order to present results and engage people in understanding what they do.

Pupils' enthusiasm for school music lessons drops significantly during the first year of secondary school, according to new research. The study shows that most pupils enjoyed music during primary school and looked forward to music at secondary school but their enthusiasm for the subject had faded by the end of Year 7.

Almost all of us get songs stuck in our heads from time to time but why do certain tunes have the 'stick factor'- The first large-scale study, led by Dr Kelly Jakubowski at Durham University, may have some answers to this musical stickiness. Bad Romance The study has shown that songs that get stuck in your head - called earworms or involuntary musical imagery - are usually faster, with a fairly generic and easy-to-remember melody but with some unique intervals such as leaps or repetitions that set it apart from the "average pop song".

New residency explores musical creativity in the age of social media In an increasingly digital age, how can we use social media to explore and share musical creativity?

An innovative new iPad app had been created to bring classical Indian music to a new audience. The app called Khyal , has been developed by experts from Durham University's Department of Music.

Why does one of the world's great research libraries have 'ectoplasm', a spirit trumpet and beard hair posted to Charles Darwin among its eight million books, manuscripts and digital collections? We've opened cupboards and found wall paintings from Pompeii.

A Cardiff University composer will conduct the world premiere performance of his new work to close the last night of the Music for Youth PROMS concert series.

Memories of the post war Highlands and Islands Film Guild coming to villages and rural communities are being sought by researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Stirling.

First World War poems inspire new music by Sussex composer Music inspired by the tragic words of First World War poets and composed by a University of Sussex music lecturer will premiere in London in November.