Research suggests that organisations are feeling an increased urgency to deepen connections with the communities they serve,…

How do we enable people to create real change through art and culture? David Price believes it's through harnessing the &lsquo…

Jon Davis explores how Coventry’s history is a map to its artistic and cultural future. 

As part of Captioning Awareness Week, Melanie Sharpe is campaigning to raise awareness of access to the arts for deaf, d…

As he reflects on Arts Council England’s 75th anniversary, Robin Simpson thinks it’s not unfair to say it has never qu…

As arts organisations struggle with post-Covid recovery, Michelle Wright asks whether sponsorship can grow in this economic climat…

We need to think about how to live in a broken world, and how to begin to mend it. Christopher Smith says the arts and h…

Many organisations seek to put community at the heart of their work. But Maddy Mills asks why is it important and what does it act…

As a new code of conduct is launched for the theatre industry, Sebastian Cheswright Cater makes the case for the journey the secto…

The pandemic has forced cultural organisations to develop their digital infrastructure and programming. But, as Zosia Poulter argu…

All arts organisations speak about the need to engage the next generation in culture. Sarah Kaye and Robert Dingle refle…

How do artists engage with people living with dementia? Stephen Higgins, Electra Perivolaris and Nina Swann share their diffe…

This week’s budget shows that there’s no easy path to high wages and low ticket prices in theatre. So what’s nex…

For thousands of years philosophers have asked: ‘What makes for the good society?’, or ‘the good life?’ Su…

With many retail outlets and offices standing empty across the UK, an ingenious new charity is matching creatives with landlords….

Julie McCarthy reflects on three years of action research into the role of culture in shaping the lives of the people of Greater M…

What is it like to perform as an older woman in an industry obsessed with youth? Sandy Cuthbert shares her experience of returning…

What happens when creative minds from different sectors and disciplines come together to imagine and design bold, large-scale even…

Anthony Sargent says we need to identify what we've learned from Covid, then build on those foundations rather than reassemble…

Creating and sharing new knowledge – through teaching, learning, impact and public engagement – lies at the heart of r…

Universities often lack the resources for large scale art programmes, yet the University of Kent has launched an ambitious cr…

The arts have a huge role to play in health and wellbeing. Jane Rich shares how creative practitioners can support mental hea…

Our sector is supported by trustees and directors who, through their passion and skills, have stepped up to support organisations…

Over the past year, Amanda Parker has been privy to several board-level conflicts that she describes as nightmarish. Boards, she a…