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Adam Buss, University of Derby alumnus and Bid Director for Derby City of Culture 2025, on the role that arts and culture play in all of our lives.

Adam Buss, University of Derby alumnus and Bid Director for Derby City of Culture 2025, explains why he is passionate about the role that arts and culture can play in all of our lives and in helping to challenge the collective issues we face.

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‘An artistic sleeping giant’: Inside Derby’s bid to become the next UK City of Culture

Overshadowed by its bigger-name neighbours, this manufacturing heavyweight is finally stepping into the cultural spotlight – as Helen Coffey finds on an arts-packed weekend.

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Derby hopes its culture club bid will power up industrial mecca

The home of Alstom and Rolls-Royce has often played second fiddle to others, but the city wants to change all that.

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Country Image magazine Celebrity Interview with Adam Buss

Are we going to spend the rest of our lives bemoaning the fact that something’s not happening or are we as a city going to do something collectively about it?

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QUAD boss chosen to lead Derby’s bid to be UK City of Culture 2025

City is looking to follow in the cultural footsteps of Derry, Hull and Coventry.

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UK urban developers aim to lure ‘affluent achievers’ back to Derby

City centre reimagines itself as attractive to buy and rent.

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Diversity: simple steps to start change today!

Everybody agrees diversity is an important topic. But data on the lack of diversity in the sector shows a different picture. What can we do to change this?

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Why do we need to care before we strategise?

CEO of Derby QUAD, Adam Buss writes about the need to find passion and meaning in the work you do, for the Lunar21 autumn topic the Power of Co-creation.

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QUAD Summer Nights Film Festival 2013

Nigel Powlson looks at what’s in store this year at the county’s open-air film screenings.

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