#Living Heritage - our intangible cultural heritage - as important as our tangible heritage but vastly underfunded. Surely a rebalance of support should be forthcoming after ratification of the UNESCO Convention on ICH ratified this year. And not by taking funding from tangible!

I’ll be writing about the Stoke-on-Trent Centenary Fenton Mace partnership and its links with World Craft City in my next PS column. Stoke-on-Trent CC University of Staffordshire ceramicsuk Product, Furniture, Ceramics @ Uni of Staffs Neil Brownsword

Wrapping up Monday with a classic from The Specials 🖤🏁 #2ToneDublin

Under the guidance of Neil Brownsword the ‘passionate investigator of the Potteries past’ whose research into the legacy of North Staffordshire’s ceramic industry has had national and international cultural impact, University of Staffordshire students have been invited to reinterpret the

C J Skelhorne is a family-run jewellery business with a history in Stoke-on-Trent City Centre dating back more than 70 years. It has entered the High Street Impact category (sponsored by Stoke-on-Trent BID) of University of Staffordshire Business Awards staffsbizawards.co.uk/high-street-im…

We open today at the incredible Bethesda Chapel with our student exhibition, “Changing the Narrative”! Join us in celebrating our students' outstanding work in this stunning venue. Open 10am–2 pm 30th June – 6th July Alongside the main exhibition, Pinc students proudly present

Commissioned as part of Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary celebrations, Willow Pattern Ceramics and Stories of ‘Other’ explores the enduring legacy of the Willow pattern - one of North Staffordshire’s most iconic and globally recognised ceramic designs. #WorldCraftCity #SoT100

Curated by Prof Tiejun Hou, Jingdezhen Ceramic University and Prof Neil Brownsword, University of Staffordshire. Following our recent accolade as World Craft City, this centenary year exhibition marks the beginning of collaborations between two historic centres of ceramic

45 YEARS of CLOSER JOY DIVISION Released 18.07.1980 [Factory Records] Produced by Martin Hannett #JoyDivision #OnThisDay #onthisday80s

Huge thanks to Julia Downs, Rita Floyd, Neil Brownsword, Michael Escolme and Kevin Millward for sharing ceramics stories & insights as part of today’s itinerary for the visiting Vietnam delegation. Here’s to future citywide partnerships.

Quality on the menu as always! Representatives from Hanoi’s Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development (who oversee craft, ceramics, tourism) and Head of Bat Trang Pottery Village (collection of 1300+ craft villages) keen to foster links with University of Staffordshire British University Vietnam and

Fittingly in the spiritual home of British Ceramics, it was also wonderful to pop across to the Spode Museum for the launch of Neil Brownsword latest exhibition, Willow Pattern Ceramics and Stories of ‘Other’. Good to meet janet miller in person too. And back tomorrow

Privileged in Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary year to be invited to the historic signing of a concordat in Spode Museum Blue Room between Stoke-on-Trent CC University of Staffordshire and China’s porcelain capital city, Jingdezhen.

Six years in the making, collaborative engagement between Prof Neil Brownsword, and Jingdezhen Ceramic University’s Prof Tiejun Zhou, will see the concordat build on existing ties and create the right conditions for further research and culturally enriched exchanges. As Prof

As well as being privileged to attend the signing of the Concordat between Stoke-on-Trent CC University of Staffordshire and China’s porcelain capital city, Jingdezhen this weekend, it was wonderful to hear that the prestigious Thornhill Collection of Oriental ceramics, a rare and

In making the case for adapting traditional knowledge and preserving endangered skills, Neil Brownsword reiterates the importance of celebrating Stoke-on-Trent’s heritage in our centenary year as a ‘chance to reimagine ceramics not as a relic of the past, but as a living

University of Staffordshire martin jones “It was Thornhill’s wish that the collection be used for educational purposes and partnering with The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery will allows us do that by making it more accessible to both scholars and the public.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

As the most successful ceramics pattern of all time, Willow is the perfect lens through which to view the Chinese influence on British ceramics. It’s also a very appropriate subject for a new exhibition that marks an accord between two historic centres of ceramic production:

It’s good to see the latest edition of Ceramic Review highlight how Stoke-on-Trent is continuing to celebrate its centenary beyond the BCB. As the most successful ceramics pattern of all time, Willow is the perfect lens through which to view the Chinese influence on British