Southend event leaders push for City of Culture bid
Cultural sector leaders in Southend are campaigning for a UK City of Culture 2025 bid after applications for the competition opene…
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‘Black square’ arts organisations follow through on diversity vows
Many of the UK's highest-funded arts organisations promised change after George Floyd's death. While governance and progra…
Venues pledge to only cast trans actors for trans roles
The movement is part of a sea change in representation in theatre: "It's comparable to non-disabled people playing disabl…
Ai Weiwei accuses gallery of rejecting Assange art work
Artist Ai Weiwei has hit out at a UK gallery that rejected his work, claiming it was "too afraid to embrace my ideas". A…
Hull 2017 volunteer programme secures three years’ funding
Spirit of 2012, the London Olympics legacy funder, will support Hull 2017's volunteering programme for three years from Septem…
Kneehigh Theatre to close over ‘changes in artistic leadership’
Cornwall's Kneehigh Theatre will close, its board of trustees has announced, citing the company's artistic leadership. It…
Festivals inquiry: insurance is critical, MPs say
After months of hearings, the DCMS Select Committee has concluded that government-backed insurance is "critical" to the…
Two-thirds of arts fundraisers expect income to fall
Arts organisations' fundraising activity has fallen, with half postponing revenue earning programmes during the pandemic. A su…
Council revisits theatre handover plan
A council is revisiting its plan to hand a leaky theatre to a community group. Bath and North East Somerset Council says transferr…
MPs and public call for UCA to keep Rochester campus
MPs and the public are calling on the University of the Creative Arts (UCA) to reverse its decision to close its Rochest…
ALRA ‘stands by victims’ following sexual misconduct claims
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) has opened an internal investigation after reporting by The Telegraph revealed sexual…
Loans scheme offers £25k to creative entrepreneurs
Creative England says it will help creative businesses to access government-backed Covid recovery loans. The British Business Bank…
‘No guarantee’ of funding for UK City of Culture 2025 winner
The contest will continue into 2029 and beyond, with £40,000 grants to develop longlisted applications regardless…
English National Ballet to probe ‘policies and practices’ after sexual assaults
The National Portfolio Organisation says it will review its safeguarding policies and practices after a former principal dancer wa…
£20k grants for Birmingham 2022 creative festival
A £2m scheme will soon open for applications from community groups wanting to participate creatively in a festival accompany…
APPG launches review of jazz in England
Jazz educator Dr Kathy Dyson will chair a review into the operation, management and business of jazz. The All-Party Parliamentary…
Wales to establish National Music Service in schools
The Welsh Government says it will deliver the long-awaited scheme to “make sure that lack of money will no longer be a…
Bradford cultural strategy to ‘harness the power of our diversity’
The city aims to add 3,000 jobs to its cultural sector by 2031 – half of them from underrepresented groups – as its cu…
Fifty NPOs face potential sanctions over diversity ratings
England's National Portfolio Organisations may not be as diverse as reported, with 50 facing possible funding cuts o…
Stephen Hawking’s office becomes part of Science Museum collection
Personalised wheelchairs, physics papers and scripts from 'The Simpsons' belonging to the famed professor have been acquir…
£42k raised for Cornwall artists affected by studio fire
Artists who lost their work and equipment in a studio fire earlier this month will receive more than £40,000. A public fundr…
Talks under way to turn OPEN into live venue again
Norwich's OPEN could become a live music, events and conference venue once more. The former venue has been vacant for more tha…
‘Lack of trust’ in disabled audiences’ access upon reopening
Just 7% of disabled arts professionals are in full-time employment according to a new survey that paints a "shockin…
15 positive Covid-19 tests after DCMS pilot events
Fifteen people have tested positive for Covid-19 after attending DCMS pilot events. Nine events attracted nearly 60,000 attendees…
