What the new importance of digital in arts and culture has shown most clearly is that now is the time to reinvent – not rein…

Lucie Andersen-Wood explains how this year’s festivals have combined oral tradition with broadcasting – and given…

The groups least likely to visit a gallery can curate shows the public wants – and that directors would never dream to creat…

A culture strategy based on behavioural change isn’t sexy, but it is necessary if Plymouth wants to do more than simply surv…

Adrian Vinken shares how the two biggest developments of 2020 – Black Lives Matter and Covid-19 – have affected commem…

Deborah and Michael Parkes say lockdown presents challenges to budding rural artists. It also gives them an abundance of two thing…

Covid-19 has intensified the barriers women face to becoming leaders in the arts, writes Sacha Lee. The most marginalised will be…

A live cultural event is about much more than just the performance, so when Covid-19 closed venues, innovators in the club scene s…

The tendency to overstate impacts through uncritical narratives of success risks undermining the credibility of arguments about wh…

Would we still see the same benefits to wellbeing if we took art and culture out of ‘culture on referral’ programmes a…

While theatres are in lockdown it’s difficult to look ahead. But Andrew Howard sees technological change as driving a new an…

Even during the pandemic, virtual reality can offer a bridge into theatre for digitally curious audiences. Laura Mallows explains…

Festival UK* 2022 is not a ‘celebration of Brexit’ but a celebration of the place we call home, argues Sam Hunt.

Right now past data is a poor predictor of the future, but understanding the scale and nature of change while responding to issues…

With freelance workers still living on the brink and campaign groups springing up to lobby for a more equitable future, work is go…

A new series of case studies will be reflecting on the impact of the lockdown on communities and the ways Creative People and Plac…

The Scottish government may have put ‘build back better’ on the back burner, but contemporary art has not. Clare Harri…

Unconsicous bias can leave even well-meaning organisations with blind spots on diversity and inclusion. Roxan Kamali-Sarvestani ex…

As the four countries of the UK start to offer financial lifelines to venues wanting to reopen, Priya Patel explains how the Arts…

The arts can survive, but it’s up to arts workers and participants to save and fundamentally change them for the benefit of…

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…