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Image: Portsmouth from the air - courtesy Webb Aviation Future Cities Forum is delighted that Cllr Steve Pitt, Leader of Portsmouth City Council, will be speaking at our 'Cultural Cities' forum at the Tower of London this week. Portsmouth City Council, in partnership with Portsmouth Creates, has announced plans to bid for the prestigious UK City of Culture 2029 title to showcase the city’s creativity, heritage and ambition on a national stage. The bid reflects the council’s l

Image: Sarah Banham, courtesy of BPSDC Future Cities Forum is delighted that Sarah Banham, Head of Community & Sustainability at Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC), will be speaking at Future Cities Forum's 'Cultural Cities' this week at the Tower of London. Having worked on the project for over 18 years, and a Battersea resident herself, Sarah Banham is responsible for the overall delivery of the ESG vision for the project, in particular stakeholder and com

Image: Anna Woodeson - courtesy of Buro Happold Future Cities Forum is delighted that Anna Woodeson, Partner and Sustainability Lead at Buro Happold, will be running our workshop at the 'Cultural Cities and sustainable tourism' discussion event this month, hosted by Historic Royal Palaces at the Tower of London. The workshop will present a challenge to participants on best practice in climate resilience strategies for the cultural sector to protect buildings and estates as we

Image: 'Beating Heart' living art installation in Middlesbrough - by Stuart Langley, which has transformed a brutalist, derelict building (courtesy Stuart Langley / Middlesbrough Council) Future Cities Forum is delighted that Geoff Field, Corporate Director of Environment, Communities and Culture at Middlesbrough Council, will be speaking at our 'Cultural Cities' forum this week. Geoff has been employed in the local government sector for 25 years having previously worked as a

Image: courtesy of the Horniman Museum - view towards the glasshouse Future Cities Forum is welcoming the Chief Executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens, Gordon Seabright, to our 'Cultural Cities' forum this week. Gordon joined the museum as CEO in June 2024. Prior to taking up the role at the Horniman, Gordon was Chief Executive of Creative Land Trust, a charity tackling the loss of creative workspace for artists and makers in the UK. Before that he led environmental cha

Image: courtesy of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, showing HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool. National Museum of the Royal Navy has launched a new visual identity and rebranded as Royal Navy Museums (RNM). The service runs ships and sites in Portsmouth, Belfast, Hartlepool in County Durham and Yeovilton in Somerset. Its new visual identity launches across all digital platforms this week, with a phased physical rollout across its museums and ships over the next two years. The

Image: courtesy of Glasgow City Council The restoration of the A listed Springburn Winter Gardens has taken a significant step forward with a £1.129m funding award from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF), an award that was accepted by a Glasgow City Council committee last month. This project aims to transform the Winter Gardens in Springburn Park from their current state as a derelict ruin through stabilising and partially restoring the building through a programme of

Image: Zerritha Brown, Head of Culture, Camden Council - courtesy Future of London Future Cities Forum is delighted that the Head of Culture at Camden Council, Zerritha Brown, will be contributing to our 'Cultural Cities' forum this May at the Tower of London. Zerritha Brown FRSA is a cultural leader with 20 years’ experience working in the public sector, community arts and large scale events. She will be speaking at the forum about Camden Council's cultural strategy. In Febr

Image: Tom Bird of Sheffield Theatres - courtesy of Chris Saunders Future Cities Forum is delighted that Tom Bird, Chief Executive of Sheffield Theatres will be contributing to our 'Cultural Cities' event at The Tower of London this month. Before joining Sheffield Theatres in 2023 Tom was CEO at York Theatre Royal and before that he was an executive producer at Shakespeare's Globe for ten years. Plans for a £45m investment in the redevelopment of Sheffield Theatres’ iconic Cr

Image: Oxford Science Park in March 2026 Future Cities Forum's first report from its 'Global Science Cities' discussion event at The Oxford Science Park looks at how the vision for the Cowley Branch line can create new housing and jobs as well as aid the development of science lab expansion. It also compares the innovation districts of Stockholm and Copenhagen, to find out how these cities tackle the similar challenges of infrastructure development and affordable housing