Cumbria's Beacon museum and art gallery in Whitehaven is re-opened on October 5 2007, unveiling a brand new look and a host of new displays and interactives developed with input with the local community.

One of Britain's favourite cartoonists is to be the subject of a major online archive in a £1m digitisation project at the University of Kent's British Cartoon Archive. Giles, who worked for the Daily Express and Sunday Express from 1943 to 1991, is recognised as having had considerable influence on the style of British social and political cartooning.

Mass communication may have developed to unbelievably sophisticated levels, but for much of the 20th century the poster seems to have retained the power to influence opinion. Now a major new exhibition has opened at the Imperial War Museum in London exploring this phenomenon by presenting hundreds of the most eye-catching and iconic posters from WWI to the present day.

Vast sculptures created from a variety of domestic objects are currently filling the spacious galleries of the New Art Gallery Walsall. They have been created by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos for her first major UK exhibition, which runs at the gallery until November 25 2007.

A series of love letters written to Lady Caroline Paget, eldest daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, have recently been added to the collection of items relating to the life and work of artist Rex Whistler at Plas Newydd.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the Scottish Poetry Library (SPL) an award of £50,000 to acquire and develop an archive relating to Edwin Morgan, Scotland's National Poet. The announcement comes just in time for National Poetry Day on October 4 2007.

One of Manchester’s newest but most successful galleries and arts centres celebrates its 21st birthday on Thursday October 4 2007. As the Chinese Arts Centre (CAC), in the heart of the city’s thriving China Town, reaches the ripe old age of 21 it can look back on a period of growth and success that has seen it become a hub for Chinese art and creativity, and for contemporary art in general.

There's a chance to go royal ghost spotting this winter at Hampton Court Palace, or take in the equally spooky spectre of the Tower of London at twilight with special Beefeater tours. The picture shows 'Tower of London takes on a new atmosphere after twilight. © newsteam.co.uk'.

The UK's longest continuously running music hall and a 15th century building in Southampton have had grants totalling £6.8 million earmarked by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for their repair and restoration. The picture shows 'The City Varieties inside. Courtesy HLF'.

Black History Month, celebrated every October in the UK, is even more pertinent this year, 200 years after the abolition of the slave trade by the British Parliament. The picture shows 'The life of Thomas Equiano is celebrated with an exhibition that opens in time for Black History Month at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.'.

Kew is being the perfect host over the next few months to a crowd of modernist sculptures by one of England's best known sculptors of the 20th century, Henry Moore. The picture shows 'Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, 1983. © Caroline Lewis / 24 Hour Museum'.

Brighton-based artist Jim Sanders has unveiled a large painting in Brighton city centre on the front of Phoenix Arts Association. The picture shows 'Jim Sanders brings his art to the people of Brighton at Phoenix Arts Association. © Phoenix Arts Association'.