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Culture

Artsline London's Information & Advice Service for Disabled People on Arts & Entertainment
Heart 'n Soul Music Theatre A leading disability arts group.
Alexandra Digital Fiction recommendation engine that guesses what you'd enjoy reading based on what you already like.
British Literature
SPIKE The culture magazine for literary aficionados around the world.

Glasgow School of Art  Of course, you get plenty of Charles Rennie Mackintosh here, from the screen typeface to a virtual reality tour of his house. But there's a lot more to the site than this, including special online shows from the photographic, product design and fine art departments.

Smithsonian Institution  The Smithsonian's Web site matches the variety of its collections, which total more than 140 million artefacts kept 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge'. Much of that knowledge is American, understandably, but there are some fascinating exhibits on show here.

Tate Gallery  An exemplary art gallery site, notable for making all its collections -- the General Collection, the Oppe Collection and New Acquisitions -- available online at various resolutions.

Shakespeare's Globe

English National Ballet.  Information on the English National Ballet and their current tours and schedules

The London Theatre Guide This guide was created to provide a reliable and comprehensive source of information pertaining to London Theatre on the Internet.

Theatrenet  Book your tickets, read the reviews and even see where you're going to sit without leaving your armchair, thanks to this web site.

Operabase  As well as all the usual historical stuff, the most useful aspect is the ability to search the schedules of more than 400 opera venues world-wide.

Whatsonstage  Featuring the largest database of plays, musicals and other theatrical events in the UK, this user-friendly site benefits from not being too London centric. The reviews are witty and balanced and the listings comprehensive and up to date.

IMDB  The International Movie Database is one of the most popular sites on the web. Containing listings and reviews for just about every film ever released, it makes for essential reading before any trip to the local video store.

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Sport

British Wheelchair Sports Foundation (BWSF)
Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby Association
International Blind Sport Association
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation

Teamtalk  Plenty of football gossip on this site. Also featuring news, statistics and match reports from all premiership and division one clubs, even on days when there is no news you can guarantee it will dredge up some spurious transfer speculation.

GOLF.COM Golf site with news and views from the US.

Golfweb  A highly informative site covering all thins golfing from a European perspective. As well as catching up on all the latest news from the golfing world you can actively search for golf courses all across the world or purchase a new three iron in the online shop.

Racenews  This site covers everything from a beginners guide, to betting, to in-depth news and features.

Gardening

Garden World This site will allow you to search for a garden centre closest to you from a database of 200 nationwide centres.
Garden Centre Online Everything you need for your garden.
Cormaic's Shed
Gardeners supply company Formely the virtual garden.
Thompson and Morgan
Royal Horticultural Society
The WWW Virtual Library for Gardening
Better Homes & Gardens

Genealogy

Genuki.org.uk  The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service is probably the best place to start when searching for your ancestors on the web. Maintained by an enthusiastic band of volunteers, it's an exhaustive collection of names and places, backed up with priceless information and links.

The Genealogy Home Page  A huge site containing links to every genealogy site under the sun. Much of the information is US based but there is more than enough information on UK names and also lots of general tips on sifting through your family tree.

Sog.org.uk  The Society of Genealogists does not have a flashy site but there's plenty of useful information here.

Photography

A History of Photography from its beginnings till the 1920s by Dr. Robert Leggat MA M.Ed. FRPS FRSA.

Kodak. Lots of info for anyone interest in Photography.

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