Esmée Fairbairn Foundation will be making fewer, larger grants in future and collaborating on longer term projects that have a re…

Disabled freelancers can teach the sector a lot about how to overcome limitations to make and adapt work in new and exciting ways,…

Research into the relationship between culture, health and wellbeing could unlock an understanding of how the mental health of you…

What would the digital performing arts look like if the arts had their own software platform, responsive to artistic needs? Ron Ev…

‘Following the science’ has revealed some surprising findings in a programme aimed at finding out what really influenc…

“We must use this time to reset values and make our industry and institutions more relevant for the whole of society.”…

Practitioners have seen with their own eyes how arts and health interventions can make a real difference to young people’s m…

Birmingham REP has found a formula that is not only strengthening mental health resilience among young Black men, but also tacklin…

What do you do every day that is good for your mind? Julia Payne shares some 5-a-day ‘Mindapples’ that have been helpi…

Jenni Grainger gives a personal account of the harsh reality of juggling childcare and being furloughed while attempting to steer…

Is social prescribing a great step forward in healthcare or a cynical move to use cheap or voluntary services to plug increasing g…

Taking indoor activity into outdoor spaces offers one possible solution to the challenge of social distancing. Kate Rolfe explores…

God? Art? Heritage? Education? In the face of a financial reckoning and a crisis of balance, can cathedral choirs harness their tr…

Many of the assumptions shared by Arts Council England’s original architects have outlived their usefulness, says Andrew Pin…

As the Unlimited commissioning programme prepares to become an independent organisation in its own right, Paul F. Cockburn examine…

As many creative people pause and rethink the path they're on, Mary Irwin explains how a new programme could help them harness…

Recruiting on the basis of passion for the arts doesn’t make sense in vital income-generating roles, says Michelle Wright. S…

Could fundraising overseas be a profitable enterprise for you, with an achievable return on investment? Nancy Bickson explains wha…

Even if people are willing to pay for digital performances, are they willing to pay enough? Robin Cantrill Fenwick examines the da…

Apprenticeships could help level the playing field and help those from less advantaged backgrounds enter the arts and cultural sec…

We are at a crossroads, says Jamie Beddard. Access, democratisation and engagement must not be sacrificed in the rush to return af…

When Professor Stephen Clift published a critique of an academic review of the impact of the arts on health outcomes, he was accus…

With the creativity of communities finally becoming a policy priority, arts organisations could be handing more control over to th…

Cultural democracy is not in the gift of most cultural institutions, but that doesn’t mean there’s no role for them, s…