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Image: Johan Persson / Royal Opera House The greatest love story of all, Romeo and Juliet, will be beamed to The Piazza at The University of Warwick live and free of charge for members of the public on Tuesday (22 September).

Music experts in Cardiff for international conference on pop industry's future The ethical implications of 'resurrecting' deceased musicians through holograms will be among the topics up for discussi

Dr Mark Richards is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Physics and leads outreach activities in the Department.

Sussex bee professor inspires Brighton art exhibit A vibrant arts installation in central Brighton is based on the research of University of Sussex bee expert, Professor Dave Goulson.

Sussex scientists bring the art of touch to the Tate The Tate Britain gallery in London is this week starting an experiment with art that engages all our senses - and University of Sussex scientists are helping to ensure that visitors leave the gallery touched by the experience.

University commemorates Lord Attenborough with giant picture show The twinkly face of Lord (Richard) Attenborough beamed across the Sussex campus this weekend to commemorate the first anniversary of the celebrated actor and film director's death.

A musical fusion of traditional Eastern and Western styles will be heard at the University of Birmingham this week, presented by Chinese music scholar, Professor Haisheng Li.

Were you one of the Teddy Boys or Girls who danced the night away at the Clevedon Pier dance hall? Do you remember the Wurlitzer juke box on the pier? What were the hit tunes you enjoyed at the time?

Two of Wales's major institutions have joined forces to help maximise the impact of their work Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales will work together in areas of shared research interest.

Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be Coldplay or Slayer? The answer could give an insight into the way you think, say researchers from the University of Cambridge.

What do we mean when we say that someone has 'classical' good looks? Are male nudes in art appropriate viewing for family audiences? In looking at the arguments ignited by the opening, in 1854, of an

Mike Leigh gave a podcast yesterday (14 July) at the University of Warwick immediately after receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Letters.

An archive of material from a pioneer of cinematography has made a transatlantic journey to the University of Leeds.

Sussex researchers to 'programme a human' at live coding conference Researchers from Sussex will be 'programming' a human performer at the first ever international conference on live coding next week (13-15 July).

A previously unseen letter by Felix Mendelssohn is to go on public display in an exhibition about an unrealised British musical prodigy, revealing that he narrowly missed an opportunity to meet the great composer and perhaps transform his career.

Flowers left after Princess Diana's death in 1997. "What people often don't realise is that one of the most important duties of the consort is to provide a focus for the emotions of the nation," says Professor Watanabe-O'Kelly.

Imperial cosmologist talks time travel at the Albert Hall as Discover South Kensington kicks off with summer events on and around Exhibition Road Back to the Future Imperial teamed up with the Royal

Weather is frequently portrayed in pop music, with a new scientific study finding over 750 popular music songs referring to weather. The most common were sun and rain, and blizzards being the least common. The joint study published in the journal Weather also found many song writers were inspired by weather events.

Engineers and imagers from the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and anatomists from Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick are helping Art historians from the Un

Like them or hate them horror films are big business and a string of new horror films are hitting the big screen this year.

King's College London has unveiled plans to create an innovative Science Gallery in the heart of London that will attract more than 300,000 visitors a year.

The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is taking place on Friday 26 June sponsored by the United Nations. On this date 26 years ago the international community committed to stamping out torture worldwide with the UN Convention against Torture coming into effect. Since 1998, 26 June has become an occasion to commemorate the historic treaty, in which nations agreed to eradicate torture, investigate and punish perpetrators, and provide redress to victims.

A new exhibition at the University of Leeds demonstrates the First World War's continuing influence on 21st century creativity.

Joan Eardley's Seated Boy has been allocated to The Hunterian under the Cultural Gifts Scheme. The Hunterian is the first Scottish museum and art gallery to be given a work under the scheme introduced by the UK Government in 2013.

It is worth billions each year to the British economy and inspires endless hours of television programming.

The Ashmolean Museum has launched a public campaign to raise the final £60,000 needed to secure for the nation a major work by Joseph Mallord William Turner.

The world's first national graduate school for the arts and humanities, which is hosted by the University of Glasgow, has announced its first round of applied doctoral studentship grants.

University of Bristol researchers have developed a new augmented reality display that allows the audience to explore 3D augmentations of digital musical performances in order to improve their understanding of electronic musicians' engagement.

Two Oxford academics are among ten 'New Generation Thinkers' chosen by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).