- A-N The Artists Information Company
Provides information, advice, and debate for visual and applied artists. Includes a magazine, programs supporting development, and tools to fund artists' survival.
www.a-n.co.uk
- A.W.Photography
Portfolios, glamour and nude art.
www.awphotography.co.uk
- A13 Artscape
Public project based around the East London road, encompassing architecture, design, and community performance art.
www.lbbd.gov.uk/4-arts-culture/a13/a13artscape-menu.html
- Abbots Langley Local History Society
Encourages interest in the recent and distant history of the area, including the landscape, buildings, and people.
www.allhs.btinternet.co.uk
- Abbott / Bell / Rees
U.K. genealogy also including the surnames: Spear, Prescott and more.
www.pencoed-wales.freeserve.co.uk
- ABC Productions
Sheffield-based theatre group that donates the proceeds of their shows to local charities.
www.abcproductions.org.uk
- ABC Tales
Publishes short stories, poems, and articles contributed by members. Each month the best submissions are printed in a magazine.
www.abctales.com
- Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums
Includes information on the Art Gallery, Maritime Museum, and Provost Skene's House.
www.aagm.co.uk
- Absolute Banana Theatre Company
Provides details on the amateur theater company, committed to productions staged in Birmingham and at the Edinburgh Fringe festival for the past 15 years.
www.absolutebanana.co.uk
- AccessArt
Offers an evolving collection of online workshops and educational activities for use by teachers and students of all ages.
www.accessart.org.uk
- Accio 2008
Harry Potter fans are summoned to attend the Accio conference at Magdalen College, Oxford. July 25-27, 2008.
www.accio.org.uk
- Achievements of Canterbury
International research organisation devoted to genealogy, heraldry, history, and associated artwork.
www.achievements.co.uk
- ACHUKA Children's Books UK
Provides children's book news, interviews, publication notices, author profiles, and more.
www.achuka.co.uk
- Ackroyd
Also Suthers, Grayson, Mitchell, Stocks, Walker, Cunningham, Colton, Maloney, Nolan, Pearson, Robinson, Winterburn, and Slinger.
www.ackroydfamilyresearch.co.uk
- Acronym Finder
Offers acronyms and abbreviations.
www.acronymfinder.com
- Act One Pantomimes - London, England
Producing annual pantomimes.
www.actonepantomimes.co.uk
- Act Up
Performs shows based upon mental health issues from the user perspective. Offers event calendar, history of group, and information on staff.
www.actupformentalhealth.co.uk
- Action After Warnings
Considers the Cold War, the threat of nuclear attack, and the cultural themes that emerged during this era.
ukcoldwar.simplenet.com
- Active Ingredient
Provides access, support, and information, to artists and organisations. Offers new technology and Internet based arts workshops.
www.active-ingredient.co.uk
- activehistory.co.uk
Offers interactive quizzes, activities and lesson plan pages for Key Stage 3, GCSE, and A-Level students.
www.activehistory.co.uk
- Activity Exchange
Social and activity calendar for social clubs.
www.ActivityExchange.com
- Actors' Theatre School
Founded to help students who intend to go on to full-time drama school, or would like to take a drama course.
www.theactorstheatreschool.co.uk
- Adam, Jon
Features landscapes, faces, and figures.
www.jon-adam.co.uk
- Adams, Peter
Specializes in oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings of Scottish nature and landscapes.
www.scottishartpja.co.uk
- Addlestone Community Theatre
Company of adults and juniors who perform a pantomime, two plays, and a variety show every year.
www.addlestone-community-theatre.org.uk
- Aerial Nicky
Trained in aerials, trapeze, and other circus disciplines.
www.freewebs.com/nickleberry
- Aesop's Touring Theatre Company - Woking, England
Specializes in performing in schools, art centers, and theaters for children of infant, primary, and junior ages.
www.aesopstheatre.co.uk
- Africans in America/Part 1/Olaudah Equiano@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Equiano__Olaudah
- Aftermath: When the Boys Came Home
As is written on memorials all over Britain, "lest we forget".
www.aftermathww1.com
- Agecroft, James
Includes landscape, wildlife, and wedding photography.
www.agecroft.co.uk
- Aion
Includes original cross stitch and blackwork designs, a listing of U.K. needlework sites, cross stitch penpals page, free patterns, and more.
www.aion-needlecrafts.co.uk
- Aitken, J.G.
Provides biography on the photographer and a constantly changing exhibition of some of his work.
www.jgaitken.co.uk
- Al-Temimi, Waleed
Portfolio includes television, print, Internet, and biography.
www.temimi.com
- Alcester and District Local History Society
Archive of society publications including articles, maps, diagrams, and illustrations.
dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/fk26/localpast/index.htm
- Aldam
History and descendants of the Aldam family of Belton-in-Axholme, Lincolnshire, and London, U.K.
freespace.virgin.net/gary.aldam/famhist/aldam
- Alexander Thomson Society
Promotes the life and work of the Scottish architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson.
www.greekthomson.com
- Alexandra Palace Television Society
Founded to preserve the history of the world's first regular high-definition public television service from Alexandra Place, North London, in 1936.
www.apts.org.uk
- Alfred Corry Museum
Museum that exhibits and restores the 1893 Southwold No.1 Lifeboat.
freespace.virgin.net/david.cragie
- Alkazzi, Basil
Nonrepresentational, gouache artist featuring paintings characterized by spiritual and metaphysical components. Also in French.
www.basilalkazzi.com
- All 4 One
Book and lyrics by Kevin John Heuston, music by John Trent Wallace. Based on stories by Alexandre Dumas.
www.all4onethemusical.com
- All Info-About Poetry
Provides information about poets, poetry, and more.
poetry.allinfo-about.com
- Allcock, Simon
Features abstract paintings of cityscapes, buildings, still lifes, and more. Includes the book, 'Never Sent Letters to Richard.'
www.simonallcock.co.uk
- Allen, Daniel
Contemporary and imaginative figurative ceramics.
www.danielallen.net
- Allen, Nick
Designs and produces furniture, ceramics, glass, lighting, and rugs.
www.nick-allen.co.uk
- Allen, Rob
Subjects include flowers and lakes.
www.roballen.net
- Alliance of Literary Societies, The
Cooperative of organizations working in defense of literary heritage.
www.sndc.demon.co.uk
- Almeida Theatre Company
Winner of more than 30 major theatre awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement.
www.almeida.co.uk
- Alnwick Castle
Open to visitors and offers gardens, holiday cottages, farming estate, and more.
www.alnwickcastle.com
- Althorp
Home to the Spencer Family since 1508 and the final resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales.
www.althorp.com
- Alvi, Khaled
Artist with hearing and speech impairment and tubular vision.
www.khaled-alvi.co.uk
- Amanda's Art Quilts
Features quilted textile collages, galleries, and inspirations.
www.amandasartquilts.homestead.com
- Amazing Bavarian Stompers, The
Comedy oompah band that creates an atmosphere of insobriety with maximum audience participation.
www.bavarianstompers.com
- Amazon, Tina
5'11" model for fitness magazines, bikini calendars, bikini magazines, and lingerie companies.
www.taniaamazon.com
- Ambassador Theatre Group
Blends the traditional distinction between theatre owners and producers by commissioning plays, creating productions, and presenting them in theatres that they own.
www.theambassadors.com
- American Civil War Society (UK) Ltd
Historical society offering authentic battle re-enactments, talks to organisations, and more. Site includes events calendar.
www.acws.co.uk
- AMP
Elegant pink pamphlet dedicated to the finer things in life: music, sleaze, thrifting, and femorabilia. For chicks and dicks and... just about anybody, really.
www.ampnet.co.uk
- AmPhot UK
Offers resources for amateur photographers in the U.K.
www.amphot.co.uk
- An Enemy of The People
Information about the 1997 Royal National Theatre production of Henrik Ibsen's political drama, directed by Trevor Nunn and starring Ian McKellen.
www.mckellen.com/stage/enemy
- Anchor Press Museum Project
Preserving the history of the Anchor Press, founded in 1900, with the ambition of establishing a working printing museum.
www.anchorpress.org.uk
- Ancient Egypt
Aimed at Key Stage 2 students with topics including Ancient Egyptian home life, geography, religion, the pharoahs, pyramids and temples in Egypt, trades, and writing. From the British Museum.
www.ancientegypt.co.uk
- Ancient Monuments Society
Founded in 1924 for the study and conservation of ancient monuments, historic buildings, and fine old craftsmanship.
www.ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk
- And So... An Autobiography by Harold J. Siddall
Describes his service in the Royal Navy, the German assault on Crete, and his life as a POW at Stalag VIIA in Germany.
www.naval-history.net/WW2MemoirAndSo00.htm
- Andrew, Keith
Watercolor artist from London painting landscapes and seascapes.
www.keithandrew-art.com
- Andrew, Nick
Features contemporary landscape paintings in acrylic and oil.
www.nickandrew.co.uk
- Angela Thirkell Society
Comprehensive collection of resources pertaining to the British author who wrote about 1930s-1950s English County life.
www.angelathirkell.org
- Angelcynn
A living history society which aims to recreate, as authentically as possible, the richness of the birth of a nation which has passed into legend and into lore.
www.angelcynn.org.uk
- Angerson, John
Showcases color and black and white photographs from photo-stories of American astronauts, the Jesus Army, travels, and street pictures from around the world.
www.johnangerson.com
- Anglo-Saxon Heathenism
Includes sections on Anglo-Saxon heritage, worship, calendar, place names, runes and runelore, and the Sutton Hoo burial ship.
www.englishheathenism.homestead.com/introduction.html
- Angus Archives
Preserves the historical records of Angus council and its predecessors.
www.angus.gov.uk/history/archives
- Anjali Dance Company
All members of this professional-quality contemporary dance company have a learning disability. Features information on tours, education, outreach, and more.
www.anjali.co.uk
- Annusewicz, Krzysztof
Specializing in oil on canvas portraits in Old Master's School technique.
www.oilportraits.tk
- Anonymous Players
Details of past and present productions by this long-established amateur theatrical company.
www.anonplayers.com
- Anti Copying in Design (ACID)
Action group committed to combating copyright infringement.
www.acid.uk.com
- Anti-Apartheid Movement, Britain and South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Protest vs Real Politik
History of the AAM and its influence on the British Government's policy towards South Africa in 1964.
www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/dissertation.htm#chap3
- Anwood, Robert
Author of Bears Can't Run Downhill, an amusing and informative investigation of 201 "pub facts."
www.robertanwood.com
- Apex Players - Sheffield, England
Includes performance details, newsletter, and group history.
www.apexplayers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
- Apples & Snakes
Promotes poetry and poets working in the U.K., as well as developing a Poets in Education scheme.
www.applesandsnakes.org
- Archiana
Provides information and services for artists.
www.archiana.com
- Archifdy Ceredigion/Ceredigion Archives
Provides an archive service with a searchable index for Ceredigion (old Cardiganshire). Also in Welsh.
www.archifdy-ceredigion.org.uk
- Architectural Association School of Architecture
www.aaschool.ac.uk
- Architecture Foundation, The
Promotes the importance of high quality contemporary architecture and urban design to as wide an audience as possible.
www.architecturefoundation.org.uk
- Architecture Link
Online guide to British buildings and architecture for students and all those interested in architectural design. Includes book reviews, in-depth building tours, as well as suggested sites and organizations.
www.architecturelink.org.uk
- Archive Awareness Month 2003
Promotion across the U.K. and Ireland in which local and national archives will host special events celebrating the wealth of archival treasures.
www.aamsept2003.com
- Archives in Focus
Offers links to online sources prepared by record offices for educational use.
www.hmc.gov.uk/focus/text/teaching_resources.htm
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum
Regimental museum located in Stirling Castle, Scotland.
www.argylls.co.uk
- Aristocracy UK
Unofficial guide to aristocracy in the U.K.
www.aristocracyuk.co.uk
- Armour, Richard
Provides background on the author, details on "The Habit", and upcoming book "Executive Robbery".
www.richardarmour.co.uk
- Armstrong, Peter
Gallery of paintings by British artist.
www.promenade.freeuk.com
- Army Museums Ogilby Trust
Offers details of this charity supporting Army Museums displaying the collections of the regiments and corps of the British Army. Includes a book and ancestor search of army records.
www.armymuseums.org.uk
- Art Academy, The
Index of contemporary artists browsable by style, surname, and media.
www.artacademy.co.uk
- Art Guide - Britain and Ireland
Comprehensive guide to art, museums, galleries and exhibitions in the U.K. and Ireland.
www.artguide.org
- Art Icons Directory
Features information on art movements, art academies, and art icons, as well as much more.
www.articons.co.uk
- Art Ideas for Primary Teachers
Lesson plans and resources for 5-11 year olds.
www.teachingideas.co.uk/art/contents.htm
- Art in Cornwall
Offers works by local artists in Cornwall, England, including their statements, exhibits, and contact information.
www.artincornwall.com
- Art Kids
Online coloring and sketching pages, games, and more.
www.artkids.net
- Art Magazine, The
Including features, headlines, workshops, reviews, and more.
www.artmagazine.co.uk
- Art Movements Directory
Concise reference guide to the major art movements and periods.
www.artmovements.co.uk
- Art of War, The
Exhibit from The National Archives (U.K.) of war illustration, propaganda, and artists.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/theartofwar
- Art Review
Art lifestyle magazine covering the gamut of 20th and 21st century art, with news, previews, interviews, and profiles.
www.art-review.com
- Art-In-Progress
Collaboration of work and ideas from Bath, the U.K., and around the world.
www.artuk.co.uk
- artatease.com
Features paintings, photographs, montages, and drawings from U.K. artists.
www.artatease.com
- Artcourses.co.uk
Find part-time classes, workshops, and painting holidays in the U.K.
www.artcourses.co.uk
- Artcymru
Contemporary art magazine for artists living and working in Wales, offering news, views, opportunities, and art works.
www.artcymru.co.uk
- artelvis.co.uk
Offers Elvis Presley artwork in the form of a sculpture by U.K. artist, Fran Nile.
www.artelvis.co.uk
- Arthur C. Clarke Award
Yearly award for the best science fiction novel published in the U.K. Founded by Arthur C. Clarke, the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Browse winners and shortlists, or learn about award judges.
www.clarkeaward.com
- ArtisanCam
See artists at work, learn how they do it, and have a go yourself. ArtisanCam is an interactive website that gives insight into the lives of contemporary visual artists.
www.artisancam.org.uk
- Artists Studio Company
Charity providing affordable studio spaces for visual artists.
www.ascstudios.co.uk
- Artizani
Specializes in spectacular entertainment including slack rope, stilt characters, and punting.
www.artizani.net
- Arts and Business (A & B)
Helps U.K. businesses to develop creative partnerships with the arts.
www.aandb.org.uk
- Arts Council England
National development agency for the arts in England, providing funding for a range of arts related activities.
www.artscouncil.org.uk
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Supports and promotes the arts in Northern Ireland.
www.artscouncil-ni.org
- Arts Culture Harrow
Devoted to the furthering of arts education in the London Borough of Harrow.
www.harrowarts.com
- Arts On View
An opportunity to view the work on artists in the city of Manchester (UK).
www.netlink.co.uk/users/onview/aov
- Artus
Family tree.
www.whizzo.freeserve.co.uk
- ArtWork
Free newsletter for the North of England and Scotland covering the visual arts.
www.artwork.co.uk
- Artworks
Site for the Young Artists of the Year Awards.
www.art-works.org.uk
- Arundel Castle
Built at the end of the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel.
www.arundelcastle.org
- Arvon Foundation, The
Runs five-day residential creative writing courses. Locations include Devon, West Yorkshire, and Inverness-shire.
www.arvonfoundation.org
- Ashburner, Andy
Provides a CV and portfolio for the web and graphic designer, Andy Ashburner.
www.caffeinehit.com
- Ashcroft, Lisa
Showcases abstract oil paintings, sculpture, masks, and installations from this pop artist.
www.lisaashcroft.com
- Ashdown Mummers
Includes show performance dates and history from the group based in Surrey, U.K.
www.mummers.org.uk
- Asher, Elizabeth
Features a gallery of paintings illustrating a change in style over the last few years.
www.lizasher.com
- Ashman, Malcolm
Featuring a wide portfolio of his work including landscapes and fantasy works.
www.mxm.clara.net
- Asian Art in London
Incorporating major London Asian antique dealers and auction houses for a series of exhibitions, auctions, sales, and lectures.
www.asianartinlondon.com
- Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics
Offers materials relating to mosaics in Britain, including their design, construction, and the buildings in which they have been discovered.
www.asprom.org
- Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM)
Provides a vehicle for sharing strategies and addressing professional concerns to its members.
www.acarm.org
- Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Provides information about spinning, weaving, and dyeing activities in the U.K.
www.wsd.org.uk
- Association of Lighthouse Keepers
Organization of members and enthusiasts throughout the world who share an interest in lighthouses and other coastal and inland aids to navigation. Quarterly journal, meetings, trips, regalia, and growing archive on pharology.
www.lighthouse.fsnet.co.uk
- Atack, David
London-based artist painting portraits, still lifes, landscapes, abstracts, and illustrations.
www.davidatack.co.uk
- Athelhampton House and Gardens
15th century house, often visited by Thomas Hardy.
www.athelhampton.co.uk
- Atkinson, Nigel
Personal photography showing portraits of family and friends plus landscape and nature shots.
www.nigelatkinson.biz
- Attic Theatre
Amateur theatre company that welcomes newcomers.
www.attictheatre.co.uk
- attik dance
Delivers contemporary dance via performance, education, and the community.
www.attik.org.uk
- Attila the Stockbroker
Includes poetry, history, and news from the ranting poet famous for penning Russians in the DHSS.
www.attilathestockbroker.com
- Auckland Castle
Historic castle that has been the home of the Bishops of Durham for over 800 years, and today is the Bishop's official residence.
www.auckland-castle.co.uk
- Avalon Project : The British War Bluebook
Documents concerning German-Polish relations and the outbreak of hostilities between the U.K. and Germany.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/bluebook/blbkmenu.htm
- Aventis Prizes for Science Books
Annual book prize celebrating the best in popular science writing for adults and children.
www.aventisprizes.com
- Avenues of Sight
Featuring works from painters Sarah Longlands, Alan Singleton, and Karen Armitstead.
www.avenues-of-sight.com
- Avon, John
Photo realistic illustrator for trading card art, CDs, books, and advertising work.
www.johnavon.com
- Axis
Providing information (CVs/images of work/contact details) on more than 3600 contemporary visual artists living/working in Britain.
www.axisartists.org.uk
- Aylin, Paul
Subjects include portraiture, erotica, nudes, travel, and fun in both black and white and colour.
www.aylin.net
- Aztecs
Information on the exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London that examines the richness of Aztec civilization and culture.
www.aztecs.org.uk
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