York aims for World Heritage status in 2025
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£7m endowment to ‘secure the future’ of RSC’s education work
The largest Paul Hamlyn Foundation grant since 2006 will provide a sustainable basis for the theatre’s ongoing work, plus mo…
Research will reveal how the arts can support social distancing practices
Academics from Northumbria and Brunel Universities are to work with resilience planners from UK cities to explore how art and perf…
Classical and jazz artists are ‘doing badly’ from streaming royalties
Fear of being excluded holds artists back from challenging the major platforms.
Theatre to deliver council’s music services in groundbreaking deal
Permanent employment for 17 more musicians and a wider programme of music activity will stem from the transfer of Flintshire Music…
Coventry 2021 signs up to fair pay for artists
All artists and creatives who work on projects as part of Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 will do so on terms that exceed the ind…
Testing isn’t enough to bring audiences back, survey suggests
Mandatory masks, social distancing and temperature tests make audiences feel more comfortable returning to venues – and on-t…
Regional venues rail against ‘illogical’ Tier 3 restrictions
Organisations and local authorities say its unfair and uneconomical to place harsher limits on cultural venues than gyms and…
Cash for visitor economy will boost creative sector in the North East
A £16.5m commitment to the creative and visitor sectors in Tees Valley will be supporting long-term recovery by attracting n…
Former car factory to deliver creative opportunities in Coventry
A £2.5m creative arts hub in Coventry will provide “a space for future generations of artists and creative engine…
NT launches pay-to-view streaming service
The National Theatre is making its archive of filmed plays available on subscription or for a one-off payment through ‘Natio…
Entrepreneurs drive a new creative space for Nottingham
Plans are taking shape for a three-storey, 7000 sq ft building to become a hub for nurturing fresh talent, offering skills support…
University sets out to achieve greater public engagement in music
Aberystwyth University is consulting with the public about its music provision, aiming to spread the benefits of its facilities an…
New Edinburgh arts centre to offer opportunity to local artists
A new community arts centre in the Craigmillar area of Edinburgh will be based in a 19th century Gothic church. A partnership with…
Pantos on ice as Tier 3 areas announced
Several Lottery-funded Christmas pantomimes may have to be cancelled following news of England's Tier 3 areas….
Lottery sales recovery masks initial impact of Spring lockdown
Urgent interventions made by Camelot to minimise the effects of Covid-19 on National Lottery sales succeeded in reversing an initi…
Fears grow for the future of Hazlitt Theatre
Local MP and former DCMS Minister Helen Grant has stepped in to urge Maidstone Council to save the Hazlitt Theatre. The Council is…
Staff snubbed as Culture Recovery Fund fails to save jobs at Fairfield Halls
BHLive, operator of council-owned Fairfield Halls in the London borough of Croydon, made the last of their staff at the venue redu…
Spending Review 2020 offers slim support for the arts
The Government will more than double DCMS' budget but the extra funding all but vanishes in 2022.
Musical learning should be recognised as part of formal education, says Union
The Musicians' Union is calling on Ministers to issue “more pragmatic and clearer guidance” on out-of-school music…
Science Museums to scale down in anticipation of longer-term losses
With a £23m drop in income expected for 2020/21 and a predicted shortfall of £15m next year, the Science Museum Group…
Five-year investment in Manchester communities project
Oglesby Charitable Trust will invest £150,000 over five years to help develop creative projects in Manchester. SICK! Product…
No date for Culture Recovery Fund loans
DCMS says it does not have a date for announcing successful applicants for the last rounds of the Culture Recovery Fund. Loans of…
‘No evidence’ of Covid transmission in well-ventilated, socially distanced spaces
The Government has permitted venues to open with up to 50% capacity from early December. What does the science say?
