Mind the cracks
The arts and the other creative industries may not always make comfortable bedfellows, but there are enough good reasons for them…
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Mending the creative pipeline
Liz Hill reflects on a Warwick Commission debate which revealed the enthusiasm of the creative industries for better creative and…
Speak truth to power
Liz Hill tells the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee why she believes ACE can’t be trusted with the task of Rebalanci…
It’s England, Jim, but not as you know it
Liz Hill concludes that Arts Council England’s ‘This England’ report is based on a carefully constructed analysi…
First among equals?
In an era of cuts, what choices would you make? Three arts professionals make the case for their priorities.
What is the value of the arts?
If the arts are to be relevant to people’s lives, the creative experience and access to subsidy must be available to more th…
In need of a new image
Rich Hadley believes that cultural organisations must lose their "remote, elitist, rarified, out of touch and unyielding"…
New ACE strategy: Keep calm and carry on…
Arts Council England's update of its 10-year 'strategic framework' makes for sober and serious reading. But while ther…
Tipping the balance
If ‘access for everyone’ is the policy goal, then regional funding is the elephant in the room, says Liz Hill.
Us and them
The arts sector is missing the mark in making its case to the wider public, says Liz Hill. In her session at the Shift Happens con…
Game-changers
Marcus Romer offers a suggestion to anyone who wants to find out how they will be working three years from now.
Slick image
Kevin Smith asks whether we’re comfortable with companies like BP being associated with some of the most prestigious arts in…
Cultivating the conversation
Ivan Wadeson sees patience and planning as necessary prerequisites to campaigning for public support.
Awkward questions
Eleonora Belfiore shares her thoughts on the public value of culture.
A Bobby Ewing moment
Dan Eastmond explains why he walked out of the What Next? conference.
Lost in translation
Nick Williams says the language of the arts sector is turning audiences off.
Togetherness
Juliet Brain sees What Next as a chance to put aside creative egos and work for the common good.
What culture should we value?
Leila Jancovich says let’s not pretend ‘we’re all in it together’
A tall order
Laura Drane says What Next? can’t be a single issue campaign, as we'll never agree on what that issue is.
A safe place
Keith Motson likens What Next? to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for arts professionals.
Absent friends
Bethany Rex asks how do we start a dialogue with those firmly not in the room?
The Thatcher Hangover
Chrissie Tiller on Thatcher's legacy for business models in the arts.
The dangers of diversity
Liz Hill worries that the dash for cash to plug the arts funding gap will undermine the work of artists and organisations that spe…
The tide is turning
Liz Hill welcomes news of renewed efforts to measure the impact of the arts in more valid ways.
