National museums excluded from restitution law
A law that would have allowed the restitution of artefacts on moral grounds will not apply to national museums and galleries, the…
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Under half of England’s local authorities have a cultural strategy
Analysis from the start of last year found less than half of England’s local authorities have a publicly available cultural…
Watermill receives extra £20k from local trust
Greenham Trust has granted £20k of match funding to Watermill Theatre to help “secure the future work” of the fo…
ACE: freedom of expression is ‘indisputably vital’
Following an article AP published earlier this week, Arts Council England has issued a statement explaining its position on freedo…
Key NPOs cut carbon emissions by 40%
A group of 30 Arts Council England (ACE) National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) responsible for producing around a third of the p…
£500k capital funding for Colchester’s Mercury Theatre
The theatre, which reopened in 2021 after a £11.9m refurbishment, will use the money to create new rehearsal and meetin…
Museum proposes using mine water for clean energy
The National Coal Mining Museum has proposed using geothermal heat to help it decarbonise. The museum pumps an average of 1.5m gal…
Former ArtsEd teacher launches unfair dismissal claim
A tribunal has heard that a former teacher at ArtsEd claimed there was a “culture of fear” at the school and raised co…
Bristol council set to vote on de-listing Colston statue
Plans to de-list a statue of the transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston so it can be permanently housed in a museum are set for…
Music licensing organisation to fund East London arts school
Phonographic Performance Limited will financially support programmes at East London Arts & Music that ensure equal access…
Speakers cancel RSA events after union calls for boycott
Internationally renowned speakers have withdrawn from engagements at the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) after members of the Inde…
Badenoch blocks grant for NI rap trio over political views
A spokesperson for Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said it was “hardly surprising” it had overturned Kneeca…
Council votes to support museum’s overbudget renovations
Ipswich Borough Council (IBC) has voted to continue supporting the redevelopment of Ipswich Museum after a £2.7m overspend….
Government launches £24m fund for museum building projects
The government's Museum Estate and Development fund supports capital projects for museums.
Theatre boss says building’s RAAC can be fixed
The Chief Executive of the Royal & Derngate in Northampton has said the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (R…
Northern Ballet confirms switch to recorded music
The Musicians' Union 'rejects' Northern Ballet's decision to proceed with cutting the Sinfonia for some touring pe…
Orchestra musicians walk out over unpaid fees
Musicians from London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) walked out of a rehearsal on 7 February ahead of a performance in protest over unpai…
Theatre cancels pro-Israel fundraiser amid claims of threats to staff
A West End theatre has cancelled a speaking event to be hosted by journalist Douglas Murray called 'Standing with Israel'…
Government youth fund distributes £3m to arts projects
Arts-centric youth organisations will receive more than £3m from the government's £90m Youth Investment Fund, with…
Frazer orders full-scale review of ACE
The decision follows completion of an initial assessment into the role and functions of Arts Council England that could have resul…
Attendance at Manchester International Festival tops 300,000
Last summer’s Manchester International Festival (MIF23) attracted more than 325,000 visitors to the city, according to a new…
Financial pressure taking ‘physical and mental’ toll on museum leaders
Study finds declining public investment levels have resulted in museum trusts using reserves to plug gaps, running the risk o…
PPL reports record high payments to performers
Collective management organisation PPL paid out £279.6m to 165,000 performers and recording rights holders in 2023. This mar…
Improved redundancy offer for backstage ENO workers
Backstage workers at English National Opera receive revised redundancy offer, which trade union Bectu is encouraging them to accep…
