Visual arts and literature

The British Council Arts Website
http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/index.htm

The British Council Collection
http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/vad/
collection/collection.htm
The British Council visual arts collection. For more than 60 years the British Council has been collecting works of art, craft and design to promote abroad the achievements of our artists, craft practitioners and designers. The catalogue contains a complete listing of all works in the British Council Collection. At present some 1500 works are illustrated and images are constantly being uploaded.

The Animating Literature Portal
http://literature.britishcouncil.org/
A portal to news, information and discussion for readers, writers teachers, students and literature professionals.

Contemporary British Writers
http://www.contemporarywriters.com/
This unique, searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs.

EncompassCulture
http://www.encompassculture.com/ The online world-wide book club.