Nicola Bell

The Fergie Tractor

This is the Little Grey Fergie TE20 tractor at the Heritage Centre, Bellingham, designed by Harry Ferguson and built in England from 1946. His aim was to make agriculture more efficient to reduce hunger and poverty.  The three-point hydraulic linkage for attaching implements remains the basis of modern tractor design, and the depth of the plough could be adjusted to plough more efficiently.

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An A to Z of 25 years, part 2

Continuing the A to Z of some of the topics, projects and clients with whom I have worked over the last 25 years: Kielder Water & Forest Park, Kirkleatham Museum; Lindisfarne Gospels; Maritime; Northumberland; Open Treasure, Durham Cathedral; Pilgrim Roots; Quarry Bank, National Trust; Romans; skills sharing; Thames foreshore archaeology, training; Ulster Museum; volunteers; Woodhorn Museum and Archives; Xylophone (glass); Yorkshire; Teacups, Zebras and Dancing Kaisers at Wallington. 

An A to Z of 25 years

2021 marks 25 years of working as a freelancer and consultant in cultural heritage.  During that time, the projects and clients I have worked with cover the whole alphabet.  Here are some of them: Archives, Archaeology; British Library, British Museum, Beamish: Churches, Community Consultations, Carlisle Castle; Darlington Railway Museum, Head of Steam; English Heritage, Evaluation; Forestry; Glass; Henry VIII, Heritage Schools, Historic England; Imperial War Museum; Journey to Justice. More to follow!

New Evaluation Principles from the Centre for Cultural Value

These new evaluation principles have just been launched, to help cultural organisations evaluate their work more effectively.  The principles are about the intentions for evaluation, applicable to cultural organisations, funders and the evaluators themselves. Evaluation should be:

  • Beneficial, resulting in learning or change
  • Robust, but proportionate
  • People-centred
  • Connected - findings are transparent and shared with other organisations

Read more about the principles here

  1. Railway Resources
  2. Good News for Heritage
  3. New Questions for New Times
  4. Canny Chanters Chopwell Arts
  5. Heritage Schools evaluation report 2018/19 launched
  6. Kings Seat hill fort
  7. Heritage Centre Bellingham
  8. Who are our visitors?
  9. Places of Worship for Community Wellbeing
  10. Snapping the Stiletto
  11. Dementia Friendly Heritage
  12. Martin Luther King in Newcastle
  13. Art up your tab
  14. Museums Change Lives
  15. Charred timber cladding for the Kielder wildlife hide
  16. New wildlife hide for Kielder
  17. Martin Luther King - Freedom City Launch
  18. On tenterhooks
  19. Heritage Schools wins Europa Nostra award
  20. Glass Beats
  21. Leeches and Stories of Glass
  22. Selma - the right to vote
  23. Kinder Transport Memorial, Liverpool Street Station
  24. Goulash Cannon and Tin Helmet
  25. Remembrance
  26. Making glass at the National Glass Centre
  27. The Canary Girls
  28. Recycling from the First World War
  29. The Talented and Colossal Mademoiselle D'Jeck
  30. Visitor Studies in Split, Croatia
  31. On the border of Slovenia and Hungary
  32. Culture Matters
  33. Slovenia
  34. Repositories of technology
  35. A piece of Hungarian social history
  36. Museum + Heritage Show; Arts Professional
  37. Evaluation training in Slovenia and Croatia
  38. Iron Applause in Central Europe
  39. Escaped Circus Elephant!
  40. Gold from Afghanistan and Foundling fabrics
  41. The Old Herring Factory, Djúpavík
  42. Contemporary art from North Korea
  43. Nicola appointed to Board: Kuratórium
  44. Workshop in Hungary
  45. Evaluation Training in Hungary
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