Agenda item

Verbal update by the Principal Curator, Keats House.

The Committee received a verbal update by the Principal Curator regarding the events programme at Keats House.

The Principal Curator advised Members that the events programme was proving busy and popular, with approximately two events being held per week. Members were provided with notable highlights, which included, a new Family Day where crafts, dancing and literary activities took place. The Principal Curator reported that the January Family Day had attracted 250 visitors to the House.

In addition to the weekly events programme, the Principal Curator advised that progress was being made towards programming the 2014 Keats Festival (6 - 15 June) and Daljit Nagra had been confirmed as a future Poet in Residence.

The Chairman expressed the Committee’s thanks to the Principal Curator for her work in increasing activity at the House in the relatively short time since her appointment.