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enhance this contribution and proven impact to national
priority areas.”
Culture Minister Christina McKelvie said: “I am pleased
that this refreshed strategy has been designed in partnership
between the historic environment and cross-cutting sectors to
face the fresh challenges around how we care for our historic
environment.
Ailsa Macfarlane, Director of Built Environment Forum
Scotland (BEFS), added: “Our Past, Our Future demonstrates not only how and where the sector contributes today,
but steers a course for the sector to be increasingly celebrated
and valued as a contributor for the future, supporting skilled
green jobs, the just transition to net zero, and with resilient
places underpinning public wellbeing. This strategy advocates
for the sector in all its diversity. BEFS looks forward to collaborating, ensuring policy influence and impact, for the sector’s
future.”
“Our Past, Our Future identifies opportunities for change by
working collaboratively to sustain and enhance our historic environment and built heritage.
“The key priorities identified in this national strategy also align
with the Scottish Government’s goal of creating more empowered, resilient and inclusive communities as we work towards
a wellbeing economy and delivering net zero by 2045.”
*Led by HES as the lead body for the sector, Our Past,
Our Future was developed after a public consultation and
in collaboration with the Scottish Government, Built
Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), National Trust for
Scotland, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Museums
Galleries Scotland, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland,
Historic Houses Scotland, Historic Churches Scotland,
Volunteer Scotland, and Scotland Historic Buildings
Trust/Heritage Trust Network. The strategy is collectively
owned.
Alex Paterson, CEO of Historic Environment Scotland
(HES), said: “Scotland’s heritage is marked by its diversity.
It’s where we work and live, it attracts visitors from around
the world and shapes local and national sense of identities,
however it also has a key role in areas such as the transition to
net zero, supporting skills and jobs, and the wellbeing economy.
“Our Past, Our Future isn’t just a strategy for the heritage
sector, it’s for everyone in Scotland, and it sets out a national
roadmap to sustain and enhance the benefits of Scotland’s
historic environment. By working together we can further
Fascinating play exploring
the life of inspirational
American president Abraham
Lincoln comes to Petersfield
Professional Theater company LynchPin brings their
engrossing production of Old Abe by Hugh Steadman
Williams to Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery on 13
September
so that he swore the Oath of Office on the same Bible as
used by Lincoln at his in auguration. Renowned for his
eloquence and clarity of thought, Lincoln’s words have
resonance in today’s uncertain times
‘Old Abe’ paints a fascinating portrait of Abraham
Lincoln arguably the greatest US President and champion
of liberty. In documentary style, a journalist leads Lincoln
to recount his story, from childhood poverty, his self education to become a lawyer and politician, through his
election as President to leading th e Union through the
turmoil of the Civil War and abolition of slavery.
Lincoln is played by Andrew Hodson and the journalist
by Edie Campbell in a production directed by Elisabeth
Tooms.
The fictional journalist who meets Lincoln is modelled on
Emily Briggs, the first female press cor respondent to
report directly from The White House.
Performed by two actors as a multi media staged reading,
the play movingly quotes from Lincoln’s letters, witty anecdotes and his extraordinary and inspiring speeches
which helped him reach, and heal, a fractured nation.
Lincoln ’s influence reaches into th e 21 st century.
President Obama was deeply influenced by him: so much
Old Abe: Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery,
St Peter’s Road, Petersfield, Hampshire GU32 3HX on
13 September 2023 at 7:30pm (doors open 7:00pm)
Tickets: price £15; phone 01730 262601
or visit www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk/whats-on
For further information: Philip Parker
Email: philipjparker02@gmail.com
Tel: 07865 244549
www.lynchpintheatre.com
twitter/facebook: @LynchPinTheatre Instagram:
@LynchPin_Theatre Issued by LynchPin Productions
Theatre Company Ltd, 116 Binscombe,
Godalming, Surrey GU7 3QL
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