No school ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ without arts, says ACE
Arts Council England has told Ofsted that schools without a strong arts offer should be classified as ‘requiring improvement…
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Worthing Theatres and Museum to leave local council control
Worthing Borough Council has agreed to hand control of the four venues under the Worthing Theatres and Museum banner to an indepen…
Decline in culture spend at Scottish local authorities ongoing, data reveals
Scotland’s spending on culture has fallen by almost 3% in 3 years since 2016, according to figures released by the Scottish…
Theatre membership bodies clash over pay
BECTU has accused UK theatre of a ‘callous disregard’ for arts workers, as they struggle to reach a joint pay agreemen…
Arts overtakes agriculture in contribution to UK economy
The arts and culture sector added £10.8bn to the economy in 2016 – an increase of £390m on the year before,…
Major museums to compare visitor experiences with other leisure attractions
New research will compare data on areas such as cross-visitation and dwell-time at some of England’s largest cultural instit…
Arts degrees struggle to diversify their student intake
Creative arts and design degree courses are among the least likely to attract BAME students.
Use culture to re-invent struggling seaside towns, urge peers
A Lords Committee heard that Thanet has seen 84% growth in creative businesses between 2013 and 2016, following a long-term progra…
UK local authority culture spend ‘smallest in Europe’
New analysis of European data finds growth in culture spending across Europe is driven by the countries in the East of the contine…
Royal Opera House loses appeal against musician’s hearing loss
The Court of Appeal has rejected the Royal Opera House’s appeal against a landmark case that found they failed to take reaso…
Arts and community groups to share resources in city-wide engagement scheme
Opera North is leading a consortium of arts and community teams in Leeds to build 'Arts Together', the city’s first…
Threefold rent hike threatens photography centre with closure
Edinburgh Council has proposed a rent rise from £16k to £47k for Stills photography centre. Stills is Edinbu…
Record-breaking repatriation of cultural objects in Germany
Germany has returned indigenous artefacts to their aboriginal heirs in the country’s largest repatriation of ancestral remai…
100 arts managers share £10m
At London’s Royal Opera House, 14 senior managers and a further 12 performers were paid over £100k in 2016/17, amounti…
Opera houses accused of ignoring older people in pursuit of younger audiences
Responding to a public letter from a long-time opera lover who said he was being priced out of attending the opera, Dame Esther Ra…
Blaze engulfs Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral
Flames broke out at around 6.30pm on Monday evening, causing the cathedral spire to fall and destroying an estimated two-thirds of…
Expose young people to more diverse composers, urges Royal Albert Hall Artistic Director
Lucy Noble, the venue’s artistic and commercial director, says young people should have the chance to learn about female and…
Future unclear for Perth Concert Hall operator
Perth and Kinross Council has underlined its concerns about the sustainability of Horsecross as operator of Perth Concert Hall and…
Funding cuts threaten five Northern Irish arts organisations
Theatre companies Terra Nova and Bruiser are among the five arts organisations dropped from Arts Council of Northern Ireland&rsquo…
Arts Council England urged to replace Grantium
In a consultation on its new 10-year strategy, the funder also heard from ‘many’ that funding should be reduced for th…
Creative education scheme engages two-thirds of Welsh schools
A new report reveals the impact of Wales’ arts-based creative learning programme as it enters its final year of funding.
NPO downsizes as cuts start to bite
The loss of local authority funding will lead to a reduction in the number of plays produced by The Dukes theatre each year, and a…
4 in 10 arts workers who leave sector cite caring responsibilities
Researchers say parents and carers are being “pushed out” of arts careers due to low wages and a lack of job security.
Venue secures legal protection against noise complaints
A planning condition will prevent any future residents in a housing development adjacent to The Stables in Milton Keynes from subm…
