For more than 60 years the British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design to promote abroad the achievements of our artists, craft practitioners and designers. The collection, started in the late 1930s, with a modest group of works on paper has now grown to a collection of more than 8000 works covering all media and all aspects of British art and design of the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection has no permanent gallery and has been referred to as a Museum Without Walls.
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Discover more about the UK designers, architects and design movements that have influenced the development of modern and contemporary design all over the world in Design in Britain, the online archive of the British Council and the Design Museum.
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Our Britfilm portal includes a comprehensive list of UK film directors, international film festivals, UK films since 1999 including short films and documentaries. It also lists education opportunities and is a portal for everything to do with UK film.
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This unique, searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs.
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The best UK and international online resources on UK literature. The British Council Literature Department's portal provides news, information and discussion for readers, writers, teachers, students and literature professionals.
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