Funding for traditional heritage crafts project in Rochdale
A heritage project to explore, celebrate and preserve the heritage crafts of refugee and asylum seeker communities in Rochdale wil…
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AHRC funds research into blind people’s experience of art
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded £250k for research into how blind people experience art in museu…
Brand allegations: Bectu urges regulator action
Union calls for broadcasters to fund setting up of new creative sector regulatory body to support people suffering abuse, harassme…
Campaign to save Edinburgh Filmhouse launched
Edinburgh Filmhouse has launched a campaign to secure its future, after it agreed a short-term lease with the building's owner…
Music festival suffers ‘crucial’ funding cut
Organisers of a prominent festival in the UK’s classical music calendar have said they are “appalled and saddened&rdqu…
Second report questions Scottish arts funding
A new report submitted to the Scottish government has warned that £104m of additional funding is required to secure the…
Vogue World raises £2m for London-based arts organisations
A fundraising event staged by fashion magazine Vogue has raised £2m for London-based arts organisations that saw their suppo…
Brixton Academy to reopen once it meets safety conditions
The safety measures, proposed by the venue operator and agreed on by Lambeth Council, include stronger doors, new crowd management…
Music education body assembles youth advisory board
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has convened its first youth advisory board. The board is made up of 30…
Majority of heritage sector yet to utilise AI
Latest Heritage Pulse survey finds almost two thirds of heritage organisations are yet to consider how they might use AI in the fu…
DJ warns of ‘boys’ club’ music industry where freelance women feel ‘unsafe’
The DJ and author Annie Macmanus has told MPs that the music industry is "a boys' club" with a system “r…
Further theatres affected by concrete concerns
More venues confirm presence of dangerous type of concrete with some closing as a precautionary measure.
South Yorkshire bids to become music education hub
South Yorkshire has thrown its hat in the ring to become the home of a new music education hub. The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combin…
EXCLUSIVE: ACE drops reporting requirements over data platform glitches
Amid sector concerns about new data platform Illuminate, Arts Council England says NPOs will not need to provide box office or aud…
Sage Gateshead renamed The Glasshouse
Decision to change name of venue taken after announcement last year that an arena and conference centre to be built next door woul…
Telford Theatre closes for two years in levelling-up renewal
Telford Theatre will close for a two-year refurbishment, costing £15.5m, to be funded by the government's levelling-up s…
Arts festival comes to York this autumn
York will host a new festival of comedy, spoken word and music this autumn. Taking place in the city’s theatres, music venue…
Brixton Academy: £1.2m spent on safety improvements
Operator promises improved safety measures if venue is permitted to reopen and rejects concerns a new risk assessment process woul…
Proms attendance up on pre-pandemic levels
Average attendance figures for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall this year were significantly up on 2019. According to figure…
Creative UK partners with decarbonisation firm
Creative UK has announced it is teaming up with sustainability and decarbonisation platform Zerofy as part of its plans to become…
Museum closes on safety grounds during ‘gender critical’ event
Trans rights activists demonstrated outside a museum where a gender critical group was meeting, with police in attendance.
Projects receive £3.1m to measure value of culture
Six projects that aim to evaluate the value of culture and heritage to society have been announced as part of the Department for C…
Arts charity bids to rejoin National Portfolio
The Live Art Development Agency hopes to return to National Portfolio within six months following leadership overhaul.
Music industry urges investment in teachers
Government must recruit "an army of music teachers" to avert the risk of a lost generation of talent, leaders in the mus…
