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The bookshop is located in Walton on Oakenshaw Lane.

Books on the Lane: The Wakefield bookshop set up to support local youth music

The Hepworth Wakefield is set to be granted a new 30-year lease as the art gallery is having “difficulties” attracting funding.

Council to grant new 30-year lease to ease gallery's 'funding difficulties'

The Art Doctors are coming to Wakefield this month to help and they’ll be prescribing silly and fun things to help children and adults explore how to get started on something creative, overcome any fears, find inspiration in the everyday, and have bit of a giggle.

The Art Doctors to hold arts and craft sessions at The Ridings

Wakefield Council is set to receive £626,000 of funding to get more residents involved in their heritage.

Arts Council funding to help deliver Wakefield’s new museum and library

Wakefield Council’s annual funding to The Hepworth Wakefield has been cut by £50,000.

Councillors agree to slash funding for The Hepworth Wakefield

Senior councillors are being asked to cut funding to The Hepworth Wakefield but still pay £700,000 a year to support the tourist attraction.

Council aims to cut The Hepworth Wakefield funding but still pay it £700k a year

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) has been offered £4m of Art Council over the next three years.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Wakefield museums get Arts Council funding awards

Trippets Lounge Bar

Ad Feature Trippets jazz venue celebrates ‘lifesaving’ £110k Arts Council grant

Why our arts centres are important to everyone

Why a much-loved theatre company is 'falling through the gaps'

The Black Echo by Michael Connolly is the book chosen for this year's Big Read

Pick up a free crime book - and join in the Big Read

LONG DIVISION: 'It has come together perfectly'

Long Division Festival
Dean Freeman

Cash injection for this summer's revamped Long Division festival

Macbeth will be peformed. Pic by Ellie Kurttz.

Macbeth tour when National Theatre comes to Wakefield

Director of The Hepworth, Simon Wallis in front of the building.

Museums in Wakefield to get share of Â£157m

Opera North will continue to get funding from the Arts Council.

Arts Council reveals Â£5.3m boost in funding for Yorkshire
The Arts Council has this morning announced an increase of more than Â£5m for projects and organisations based in Yorkshire.
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Live In Barnsley 2017 attracted record crowds of around 7,000 people

LIVE in Barnsley music festival hits top note with record 7,000 crowd

Creative charity Faceless Arts to close after loss of funding

Rachel Graves is pictured with 'Reclining Figure' 1946 by F.E. McWilliam, in front of Renovation Renovation Filter Lobby Diagram by Liam Gillick. Pictures by Scott Merrylees

The spectacle becomes the spectator for new exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Pa...

The Orangery in Wakefield. (W513C301)

Arts venue The Orangery to close at Easter

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