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/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_sm_2x/public/2024-11/Portland%20Inn%20Project%20-%20Community%20Art%20festival%20as%20part%20of%20Andi%20Oliver%E2%80%99s%20Fabulous%20Feasts%20on%20BBC2.jpeg?h=2992ba0a&itok=TvR8eIVx 2x" type="image/jpeg" width="510" height="287"/>  <img class="img u-w-full lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_sm/public/2024-11/Portland%20Inn%20Project%20-%20Community%20Art%20festival%20as%20part%20of%20Andi%20Oliver%E2%80%99s%20Fabulous%20Feasts%20on%20BBC2.jpeg?h=2992ba0a&itok=V3y99kwO" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Photograph of a group of children having a food fight"/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Glen Stoker</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=snv2vz#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">8</span></div></div></div> </a></div><div class="u-w-full xl:u-flex-1 xl:u-mr-4"> <a href="/creative-matters/news/discover-creative-careers-week-2024" about="/creative-matters/news/discover-creative-careers-week-2024" class="image-and-heading u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-text-current-color blog-listing"><div class="u-max-h-100px u-overflow-hidden u-pr-0.5"><p class="u-leading-normal">It's Discover! Creative Careers Week – the annual flagship event for the wider Discover! Creative Careers programme, aiming to address some of the creative industries’ most urgent challenges and risks around skills shortages in the creative industries.</p></div><h3 class="u-text-larger u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> <span>Discover! Creative Careers Week 2024</span></h3><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 u-bg-grey-25 u-mb-2"> <picture loading="lazy" class="image" >  <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_xxl/public/2024-11/Discover%20CC-stripped%20back%20with%20logo2.png.webp?h=57024e64&itok=5oHfIs-l 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_xxl_2x/public/2024-11/Discover%20CC-stripped%20back%20with%20logo2.png.webp?h=57024e64&itok=aQo5tI3G 2x" media="all and (min-width:1440px)" type="image/webp" width="690" height="388"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_xl/public/2024-11/Discover%20CC-stripped%20back%20with%20logo2.png.webp?h=57024e64&itok=UAD4WU1P 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_xl_2x/public/2024-11/Discover%20CC-stripped%20back%20with%20logo2.png.webp?h=57024e64&itok=mqY4aaxf 2x" media="all and (min-width:1140px)" type="image/webp" width="540" height="304"/> <source 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data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column_sm/public/2024-11/Discover%20CC-stripped%20back%20with%20logo2.png?h=57024e64&itok=8jbg0kMU" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="A woman painting"/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Courtesy of Discover Creative Careers Week</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=snv2vz#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">9</span></div></div></div> </a></div><div class="u-w-full xl:u-flex-1 u-mr-0"> <a 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They are all dressed in period costume and looking towards the camera."/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Rambert's Peaky Blinders The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, photo by Johan Persson</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=snv2vz#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">10</span></div></div></div> </a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="page-section u-breakout u-relative" data-bg-swap-colours-background="secondary" id="contact-us"><div class="u-bg-secondary--25 u-h-1/2 u-w-full u-absolute u-hidden md:u-block"></div><div class="container u-py-6 md:u-py-8 xl:u-py-10 u-relative"><div ><h2 class="h1 u-leading-tighter u-text-center"> Contact us</h2></div><div class="page-section"><div class="u-o-4 md:u-o-6 lg:u-o-6"><div><div id="cl-12560" data-content-listing="" class="content-listing"><div class="erd-list--card content-listing-wrapper row"><div class="u-mb-4 col-12 col-md-6"><div class="card group u-relative u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-w-full u-h-full u-bg-white u-text-black u-overflow-hidden u-justify-end u-select-none u-border u-border-grey-50 hover:u-border-grey-75 u-transition u-flex-col" data-card data-bg-add-classes='{"transparent": "u-border u-border-grey-50"}'><div class="card__body u-flex u-flex-grow u-content-box u-z-1 u-p-3" data-remove-classes-ie11="u-flex u-flex-grow u-flex-col"><div class="u-flex u-flex-col u-flex-grow u-o-2 u-w-0"><div class="u-o-2"><h3 class="card-heading u-text-larger u-mb-1 u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> <a href="/contact" class="u-text-current-color"> Get in touch </a></h3></div><div class="u-flex-grow"><p class="p u-max-w-measure-lg u-leading-normal"> Our customer services team can help by email, phone or live chat. 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Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam"/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Studio Wayne McGregor & students from Weston College perform a dance response to Luke Jerram’s In Memoriam. 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air within his grasp."/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Shailesh Bahoran and Sooraj Subramaniam of Shobana Jeyasingh Dance perform Material Men, commissioned by Southbank Centre. Photo © Chris Nash.</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=snv2vz#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">8</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></div></div></div> </main><div class="image-captions"><div class="image-credits" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" aria-hidden="true"> <a href="#" class="image-credits__heading u-bg-grey-350 u-font-normal u-font-sans u-inline-flex u-items-center u-m-0 u-px-3 u-py-2 u-text-small u-text-white u-transition hocus:u-opacity-75" @click.prevent="$dispatch('alpine-toggle-credits')"> <svg class="icon u-text-medium u-mr-1" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=snv2vz#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span>Image Captions</span> </a><div class="image-credits__box u-bg-grey-350 u-text-white u-transition u-overflow-hidden" x-ref="imageCreditsBox" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" :class="creditsAreOpen ? 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