REF changes could leave arts researchers’ careers ‘in limbo’
Researchers in performing arts subjects could find their careers “in limbo or potentially ended” due to planned changes to how…
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EXCLUSIVE: ACE apologises following ‘concerning data breach’
Arts Council England (ACE) has apologised to cultural organisations after ticket sales figures uploaded to the controversial Illum…
Match funding campaign raises £2.7m for the arts
A match funding campaign has raised £2.7m for hundreds of arts charities across the UK. The Arts for Impact campaign, run b…
London mayor announces £10m boost for creative industries
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has promised to invest more than £10m into the UK capital’s cultural and creative industries over th…
Mayoral candidates urged to back culture
Candidates to be the first mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire are being urged to put culture at the heart of their plans for the reg…
UK jazz ‘makes significant cultural and economic impact’
Jazz has a “significant” impact on the UK’s culture and economy, according to a new report by the All Party Parliamentary Ja…
Museums and libraries allocated £30m for repairs and upgrades
The government has announced a further £30m of funding to support essential maintenance repairs and upgrades at museums and libra…
Palestine Museum to open Edinburgh venue
The Palestine Museum US will open a satellite venue in Edinburgh on 17 May. The museum’s director Faisal Saleh says it will be �…
Spring Statement: Chancellor confirms DCMS budget reductions
Government departments including the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will be required to reduce their administrativ…
Oasis concerts: Watchdog says ‘no evidence’ Ticketmaster used dynamic pricing
Ticketmaster’s controversial approach to the sale of tickets to Oasis concerts may have misled fans and breached consumer protec…
Liverpool theatre to reopen after £1m revamp
Epstein Theatre in Liverpool is to reopen this year with new leaseholders and a new management team, with £1m being ploughed into…
Wigmore Hall to withdraw from ACE’s National Portfolio
London’s Wigmore Hall will leave Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio in April next year, saying it has raised enou…
Museum admission fees ‘raise little income and keep out potential visitors’
A study by US-based research project Remuseum has found museums in the United States that do not charge entry typically have lower…
Disabled audiences report struggles with online ticket booking
Disabled audience members are nine times more likely to struggle with an online booking to attend an arts event, according to rese…
English Heritage launches poetry initiative
A pilot project to celebrate England’s everyday heritage through poetry has been launched by English Heritage. The initiative, w…
Equity secures pay hike for BBC performers
Performers’ union Equity and the BBC have agreed a range of improvements for performers including pay increases. Under the deal th…
WNO programme ‘helps manage persistent pain’
A Welsh National Opera (WNO) wellness programme has been successful in helping people manage persistent pain symptoms, a study has…
Worcester co-creation initiatives awarded £800k
Arts Council England has awarded Worcester a grant of £800,000 to support co-creation initiatives across the city. Funded through…
Majority of freelancers getting less work post-pandemic
Freelancers in the creative and cultural industries have experienced a drop in work since the Covid pandemic, the findings of a ne…
ACE criticised for ‘lack of foresight’ on portfolio extension plans
Cultural organisations are facing a “period of extended uncertainty” following Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) decision to extend t…
Theatre cancels shows amid ‘viability’ concerns
Guildford’s Electric Theatre has cancelled its events while the institution that operates it considers its long-term future, it ha…
ACE asks government to extend National Portfolio to 2028
Arts Council England (ACE) has halted the launch of the application process for its next National Portfolio and will ask governmen…
Police evict young migrants occupying Paris theatre
Riot police have evicted young migrants who had occupied a Paris theatre for three months. The Guardian reports that protesters wh…
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust vows to stay ‘radical’ amid decolonisation row
The chief executive of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has vowed to continue taking an “absolutely radical” approach to inclu…
