Monday marked the 200th anniversary of one of England’s most popular novels, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, with celebratory events planned across the country to commemorate.
The first ever Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival will take place in the city from 1-3 March, welcoming internationally acclaimed artists to the stage at Colston Hall.
Over the summer, Cumbrian arts organisation Eden Arts will launch a new visual arts project, CANOPY, resulting in an exhibition of artworks displayed in trees and woodland throughout the Eden Valley.
In September, Oxford will host a four-day festival acknowledging the 50th anniversary of the death of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe author CS Lewis, while Birmingham will see the opening of the new £188m Library of Birmingham – the largest in Europe, complete with a 300-seat studio.
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