Editing Milton Keynes (section)

==Culture, media and sport==
===Music===
[[File:MK Bowl Concert.jpg|thumb|65,000 capacity by the [[Green Day]] ''[[Bullet in a Bible]]'' concert at the [[National Bowl]]]]
The open-air [[National Bowl]] is a 65,000-capacity venue for large-scale events.<ref name="PanStadium2013">{{Cite web|url=http://www.psam.uk.com/mk-bowl-development-partners|title=National Bowl at Milton Keynes, UK – seeking expressions of interest from developers and partners|publisher=PanStadia & Arena Management|date=6 August 2013|website=www.psam.uk.com|access-date=12 February 2019|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210170628/http://www.psam.uk.com/mk-bowl-development-partners|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[Wavendon]], [[the Stables]]{{snd}} founded by the [[jazz]] musicians [[Cleo Laine]] and [[John Dankworth]]{{snd}} provides a venue for jazz, [[blues]], [[folk music|folk]], rock, [[European classical music|classical]], pop and [[world music]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stables.org/ |title=World Class Music and Entertainment |publisher=The Stables |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130075108/http://www.stables.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  It presents around 400 concerts and over 200 educational events each year and also hosts the National Youth Music Camps [[summer camp]] for young musicians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stables.org/Learning/music_camps |title=National Youth Music Camps |publisher=The Stables |access-date=14 February 2017 |archive-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215120103/http://www.stables.org/Learning/music_camps |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, the Stables founded the biennial '''''IF''' Milton Keynes International Festival'', producing events in unconventional spaces and places across Milton Keynes.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.heart.co.uk/miltonkeynes/events/milton-keynes-international-festival-2018/ | title=Milton Keynes International Festival 2018 | date=15 June 2018 | access-date=26 February 2019 | work=Heart FM | archive-date=26 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226234031/https://www.heart.co.uk/miltonkeynes/events/milton-keynes-international-festival-2018/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Milton Keynes City Orchestra is a professional freelance orchestra based at [[Woughton Campus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/coin/group/541?l=M&page=4 | title=MK City Orchestra | publisher=Milton Keynes Council | access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

===Arts, cinema, theatre and museums===
The municipal public art gallery, [[MK Gallery]], presents exhibitions of international contemporary art.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/MK-Gallery|title=Milton Keynes Gallery|publisher=Destination MK|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035432/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/MK-Gallery|url-status=live}}</ref> The gallery was extended and remodelled in 2018/19 and includes an [[art-house]] cinema.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/What-to-do/Entertainment/Cinema-in-Milton-Keynes | title= Cinema in Milton Keynes | publisher= Destination Milton Keynes | access-date= 11 March 2019 | archive-date= 5 April 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190405160450/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/What-to-do/Entertainment/Cinema-in-Milton-Keynes | url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/mk-gallery-by-6a-architects-to-open-doors-this-weekend/10040683.article | title=MK Gallery by 6a architects to open doors this weekend | date=11 March 2019 | work=The Architects' Journal | first=Fran | last=Williams | access-date=11 March 2019 | archive-date=3 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603135335/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/mk-gallery-by-6a-architects-to-open-doors-this-weekend/10040683.article | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=curzon>{{cite news | url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/our-region/milton-keynes/new-cinema-set-to-open-in-milton-keynes-this-month-1-8830087 | title=New cinema set to open in Milton Keynes this month | date=1 March 2019 | work=Milton Keynes Citizen | first=Paige | last=Brown | access-date=11 March 2019 | archive-date=1 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301151138/https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/our-region/milton-keynes/new-cinema-set-to-open-in-milton-keynes-this-month-1-8830087 | url-status=live }}</ref> Elsewhere in the city, there are  two [[multiplex cinema]]s; one in [[Central Milton Keynes|CMK]] and one in [[Denbigh, Milton Keynes|Denbigh]].

In 1999, the adjacent 1,400-seat [[Milton Keynes Theatre]] opened.<ref name=ajbuild>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/2833 |title=Milton Keynes Theatre & Art Gallery Complex |publisher=[[Architects' Journal]] Building Library |date=1999 |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124510/https://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/2833 |url-status=live }} Includes photographs, drawings and working details.</ref> The theatre has an unusual feature: the ceiling can be lowered closing off the third tier (gallery) to create a more intimate space for smaller-scale productions.<ref name=ajbuild /><ref>{{cite book |last=Barron |first=Michael |title=Auditorium Acoustics and Architectural Design |publisher=Spon Press |date=28 September 2009 |isbn=9780419245100}}</ref> There is a further professional performance space in [[Stantonbury]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Stantonbury-Theatre |title=Stantonbury Theatre |publisher=Destination MK |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124228/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Stantonbury-Theatre |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:ConcreteCows.jpg|thumb|Liz Leyh's iconic ''[[Concrete Cows]]'']]

There are three museums: the [[Bletchley Park]] complex, which houses the museum of wartime cryptography;<ref name=dmk-bpa>{{cite web |url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Bletchley-Park |title=Bletchley Park |publisher=Destination MK |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123816/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Bletchley-Park |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[National Museum of Computing]] (adjacent to Bletchley Park, with a separate entrance), which includes a working replica of the [[Colossus computer]];<ref name=dmk-nmc>{{cite web |url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/National-Museum-of-Computing |title=National Museum of Computing |publisher=Destination MK |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206194326/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/National-Museum-of-Computing |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[Milton Keynes Museum]], which includes the Stacey Hill Collection of rural life that existed before the foundation of MK, the [[British Telecom]] collection, and the original [[Concrete Cows]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/MK-Museum|title=MK Museum|publisher=Destination MK|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180101/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/MK-Museum|url-status=live}}</ref> 
Other numerous public sculptures in Milton Keynes include work by [[Elisabeth Frink]], [[Philip Jackson (sculptor)|Philip Jackson]], [[Nicolas Moreton]] and [[Ronald Rae]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture/arts-and-heritage/trails-guides-and-walks |title=Trails, Guides, Walks & Maps: Arts & Cultural Venues Map |publisher=Milton Keynes Council |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809171230/https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture/arts-and-heritage/trails-guides-and-walks |url-status=live }}</ref>

Milton Keynes Arts Centre offers a year-round exhibition programme, family workshops and courses. The centre is based in some of [[Linford Manor]]'s historical exterior buildings, barns, [[almshouse]]s and [[pavilion]]s.<ref name=mkac>{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Milton-Keynes-Arts-Centre|title=Milton Keynes Arts Centre|publisher=Destination MK|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124357/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Milton-Keynes-Arts-Centre|url-status=live}}</ref> The Westbury Arts Centre in [[Shenley Church End|Shenley Wood]] is based in a 16th-century grade II listed farmhouse building. Westbury Arts has been providing spaces and studios for professional artists since 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Westbury-Arts-Centre|title=Westbury Arts Centre|publisher=Destination MK|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209123914/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/Culture-in-MK/Cultural-Places/Westbury-Arts-Centre|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Communications and media===
For television, the city is allocated <!-- This is the officially allocated "territory" for local news. Yes, parts of MK can get the Oxford transmitter and can't get Sandy Heath, but this section is about content, not reception. --> to [[BBC Look East|BBC East]] and [[ITV Anglia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/regional-advertising/anglia |title=ANGLIA |publisher=ITV media |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>{{Efn|some areas may receive [[BBC South Today|BBC South]] and [[ITV News Meridian|ITV Meridian]], but it is outside their allocated area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itvmedia.co.uk/advertising-on-itv/regional-advertising/Meridian |title=Meridian |publisher=ITV media |access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>}} For radio, Milton Keynes is served by [[Heart East]] (a regional commercial station based locally)  and two [[community radio]] stations (''MKFM'' and ''1055 The Point'').<ref name="OFCOM 190315">{{cite web |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2015/four-new-licenses-march-15 |title=Ofcom awards four new community radio licences |publisher=OFCOM |date=19 March 2015 |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526105729/https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2015/four-new-licenses-march-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[BBC Three Counties Radio]] is the local [[BBC Radio]] station.{{cn|date=October 2024}} CRMK (Cable Radio Milton Keynes)  is a voluntary station broadcasting on the Internet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crmk.co.uk |title=Radio for Milton Keynes |publisher=CRMK |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-date=22 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322115414/http://crmk.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|September 2021}}, Milton Keynes has one local newspaper, the ''[[Milton Keynes Citizen]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/product/18616 |title=Milton Keynes Citizen |publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulation]] |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180021/https://www.abc.org.uk/product/18616 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|A competing paper, ''[[OneMK|MK News]]'', closed in October 2016.<ref name="Gazette">{{cite news | url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/trinity-mirror-closes-newspapers-in-milton-keynes-luton-and-northampton-as-local-world-purge-continues/ | title=Trinity Mirror closes newspapers in Milton Keynes, Luton and Northampton as Local World purge continues | work=[[Press Gazette]] | date=19 October 2016 | access-date=8 February 2019 | archive-date=28 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628044158/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/trinity-mirror-closes-newspapers-in-milton-keynes-luton-and-northampton-as-local-world-purge-continues/ | url-status=live }}</ref>}} which has a significant online presence.

===Sport===
{{main|Sport in Milton Keynes}}
[[File:Denbigh stadium east stand 16 May 07.JPG|thumb|right|Stadium MK (in 2007)]]

Milton Keynes has professional teams in [[Association football|football]] ([[Milton Keynes Dons F.C.]] at [[Stadium MK]]), in [[ice hockey]] ([[Milton Keynes Lightning]] at [[Planet Ice Milton Keynes]]), and in [[Formula One]] ([[Red Bull Racing]]).<ref name=DMK-sp>{{cite web | url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/What-to-do/Sports-and-Activities | title=Sports and activities | publisher=Destination Milton Keynes | access-date=15 February 2019 | archive-date=15 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155927/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/What-to-do/Sports-and-Activities | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Xscape (building)|Xscape]] indoor ski slope and the iFLY indoor [[sky diving]] facility are important attractions in CMK;<ref name=DMK-sp /> the [[National Badminton Centre]] in Loughton is home to the national [[badminton]] squad and headquarters of Badminton England.<ref name=DMK-sp /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/ | title=Badminton England | access-date=14 April 2019 | archive-date=14 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414215007/https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Sport in Milton Keynes|Many other sports]] are represented at amateur level.

Near the central station, in a space beside the former [[Milton Keynes central bus station]], there is a purpose-built [[street skateboarding]] plaza named the [[The Buszy|Buszy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/best-practice-dont-repel-the-borders/523615.article |title=Best practice don't repel the borders |date=19 April 2006 |access-date=16 February 2019 |work=Local Government Chronicle |archive-date=17 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142254/https://www.lgcplus.com/best-practice-dont-repel-the-borders/523615.article |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Willen Lake]] hosts [[watersports]] on the south basin.<ref name="destination MK">{{cite web | url=http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/News/News-Archive/WakeMK-relaunches-with-new-management | title=WakeMK relaunches with new management | date=10 May 2016 | access-date=17 February 2019 | publisher=Destination MK | archive-date=10 December 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210155103/http://www.destinationmiltonkeynes.co.uk/News/News-Archive/WakeMK-relaunches-with-new-management | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theparkstrust.com/parks/willen-lake-north |title=Willen Lake North |publisher=The Parks Trust |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=17 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217142352/https://www.theparkstrust.com/parks/willen-lake-north |url-status=live }}</ref>

===New technologies===
In recent years, the City Council has promoted MK as a test-bed for experimental urban technologies. The most well-known of these is the [[Starship Technologies]]' (largely) autonomous delivery robots: Milton Keynes provided its world-first urban deployment of these units in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-46045365 |title=Robot company Starship Technologies start Milton Keynes deliveries|date=31 October 2018 |access-date=3 December 2023 |work=BBC News}}</ref> By October 2020, said Starship, Milton Keynes had the 'world's largest autonomous robot fleet'.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Milton Keynes now has 'world's largest autonomous robot fleet' as Starship expand further|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/10/25/tiny-self-driving-robots-trying-win-locals-milton-keynes/|access-date=2023-12-03|via=The Telegraph|work=Starship Technologies}}</ref> Other projects include the [[LUTZ Pathfinder]] pod, an autonomous (self-driving) vehicle built by the Transport Systems [[Catapult centres|Catapult]].