V&A’s Theatre and Performance archive ‘at risk of becoming a dead collection’
Staff restructuring proposals that threaten the museum department have been condemned as a "devastatingly bad idea&…
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London Library’s creative value estimated at £21.3m
A report estimates the world's largest lending library generates five times as much as its operating costs for 2019 each year….
Royal Armouries seeks ‘digital volunteers’ to improve its reach online
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has given the museum £429,000 to widen participation online, but 'Digital V…
DCMS Minister voices support for CMA to investigate music streaming
Inquiry offers little hope of a copyright regime change to ensure equitable remuneration for artists any time soon.
£3.7m for Watford Colosseum as part of £200m cultural quarter programme
Watford Borough Council will refurbish the Colosseum at Watford Town Hall to make it more sustainable, financially and environment…
Arts centre scoops £15m from cross-border investment scheme
Proposals for a new home for The Maltings in Berwick upon Tweed have been given the go-ahead. A new venue is due to be built by 20…
Cultural sector GVA down £8bn last year
Figures from DCMS show an £8bn loss in gross value added by the cultural sector in 2020 compared with 2019. The sector added…
Belfast receives two-thirds of NI arts funding
Belfast gets almost £20m more in arts funding than other areas of Northern Ireland, The Belfast Telegraph reports. The paper…
Bishop of Sheffield finds failures in closure of Cathedral choir
Sheffield Cathedral failed to consult stakeholders before dismissing its entire choir last July. A review by the Bishop of Sheffie…
Coventry 2021 encourages residents to read one million books
One Million Reads, a £97,000 project for the City of Culture year, will celebrate the region's literary heritage, w…
Compact to secure Liverpool as ‘UK’s second City of Culture’
Liverpool has a new five-year strategy to reboot the region by building a more inclusive coalition from its creative workforce, wh…
BBC Concert Orchestra and some Proms to leave London
The BBC says it will relocate its concert orchestra and some Proms out of London as part of efforts to better reflect th…
AEG Presents to run Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Operator AEG Presents will manage the local authority venue when it reopens in 2022. The company will work with developers on the…
Partnership to improve Black experience of classical music
Trinity Laban has partnered with Black Lives in Music (BLiM) to address inequalities faced by Black students. The arrangement buil…
Arts remain at ‘epicentre of the crisis’ a year after lockdown
Freelancers, young people, women and live performance art forms have been disproportionately affected by a year of lockdowns….
Slow progress on diversity in drama schools, report finds
The ethnic and socioeconomic diversity of drama school intakes has slowly improved since 2016, but there’s still a long way…
Research to investigate barriers to art education for diverse students
The Freelands Foundation and race equality think tank the Runnymede Trust are working in partnership to examine access to art…
NPO income takes £38.3m downward turn
An upward trend over recent years has reversed – and it's not all because of the pandemic.
Virtual opening for £14m cultural venue
Doncaster’s new Danum Gallery, Library and Museum has celebrated its opening with a virtual tour of the building to mark the…
Creative hub announced as Mayor’s cultural corridor takes shape
Affordable workspace developer Projekt is set to refurbish 100,000 sq ft of vacant and underused industrial space in south Lo…
Scotland names the V&A as national champion of design
V&A Dundee will be enhancing its role as Scotland’s design museum by developing a national remit as the centre for desig…
Freelancers charter to underpin ‘new normal’ in London
London Mayor commits to supporting self-employed creatives who are under pressure to accept poorer terms once government support i…
Council cut to decimate Basingstoke’s community-based arts programmes
Basingstoke Council has given Anvil Arts 90 days’ notice of its intention to cut the organisation’s funding by at leas…
Banksy steps in as plans are revived for a cultural centre at Reading Gaol
The campaign to transform Reading Gaol into a cultural centre has taken a step forward with a new bid by Reading Borough Council t…
