British Culture Archive

News & Projects

Exhibitions, publications, collaborations and archive news from British Culture Archive.

2026

Publishing · May 2026

Published by British Culture Archive in collaboration with the Tish Murtha Archive, Vandalism on a Grand Scale brings Murtha’s Youth Unemployment series back into print.

Exhibitions · Barcelona · May 2026

British Culture Archive presented 25 works at the first edition of Brit Under Fest in Barcelona in May 2026.

2025

Licensing · National Gallery of Victoria · December 2025

British Culture Archive licensed Tony Davis’s Ravers at The Eclipse, Coventry, 1991 to the National Gallery of Victoria for its major Westwood | Kawakubo exhibition in Melbourne.

Licensing · Museum of Liverpool · October 2025

British Culture Archive licensed selected photographs by Alex Hurst for Curly Blows, Cuts and Curlers, a Museum of Liverpool display exploring hair, identity and community in the city.

Publishing · Assouline · August 2025

A photograph by Jeanie Jean, represented by British Culture Archive, has been featured in London Chic, published by Assouline as part of its Classics Collection.

2024

Publishing · Manchester University Press · August 2024

British Culture Archive licensed a Jon Shard photograph from Flesh at The Haçienda for the paperback cover of Queer beyond London, published by Manchester University Press.

Publishing · Thames & Hudson · April 2024

A photograph by Nick Wynne, represented by British Culture Archive, was licensed for inclusion in Stephen Ellcock’s Thames & Hudson book Elements.

2023

Music · Chris Hunt · December 2023

Photographs from Chris Hunt’s Beeton Grove series were used as projected stage backdrops during Johnny Marr’s 2023 live performances of Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me.

Community · George Shepherd · May 2023

British Culture Archive donated a framed George Shepherd print to Trafford General Hospital, marking the hospital’s connection to the history of the NHS and its place in Greater Manchester’s social history.

Publishing · Manchester University Press · April 2023

Anne Worthington’s photograph Walkway Kids, Grey Mare Lane, Beswick, 2001, sourced through British Culture Archive, was selected for the front cover of David Scott’s Mancunians, published by Manchester University Press.

2022

Collaboration · January 2022

Photographs from The People’s Archive feature on limited edition packaging for Northern Monk’s Patrons Project, with details of the collaboration beneath each peel-and-reveal label.

2021

Licensing · Publishing · July 2021

A photograph by Thomas Blower, represented by British Culture Archive, was licensed for the cover of Tom Benn’s award-winning Bloomsbury novel Oxblood.

Exhibitions · Science and Industry Museum · June 2021

British Culture Archive collaborated with the Science and Industry Museum on Use Hearing Protection: The Early Years of Factory Records, presenting a dedicated BCA display of photographs documenting Manchester during the period in which Factory Records emerged.

2020

Exhibitions · September 2020

A number of photographers connected with British Culture Archive were included in Facing Britain, the major touring exhibition exploring British documentary photography.