“Where do I start?” is a question that we hear weekly from the 42,000 members of our online youth arts community Ideas…

This year’s degree shows have astounded and entertained me in equal measure and I can say with surety that the class of 2011…

Why does it matter where we get our money from? I’m not talking about the morality of accepting money from a company whose e…

In his recent blog post ‘Funding the future – a risky business?’ Peter De Haan quotes the question “where…

I originally agreed to write a blog a couple of weeks ago on The Big Society, and what it might mean for arts organisations. Havin…

The Moscow Theatre of Drama and Comedy – on the Taganka – became the most radical, exciting theatre company in Russia…

After years of chronic underfunding by the previous Conservative administration, New Labour’s election victory in 1997 saw a…

These seminars, six in total across the country, were set up by Arts Council England as part of their commitment to strengthening…

Michael Kaiser, admiringly known by some as the “ turn around King” following his ground breaking fundraising at the R…

I regret starting with the use of some dirty words that I fear may offend; words heard often enough that never cease to cause cont…

You have you actors, you have your script, the costumes and set are ready, and the props are all sorted. All systems go then for y…

Ethics in the Arts – In these shaky financial times should the arts accept cash from anyone? Who should a sponsorship policy exclu…

“It will be a nice piece, of course?” an interviewee asked me after a chat we’d had for a feature. In truth I&rs…

Some decisions are hard to make. Now, I’m not talking about whether to have soup or salad as a starter (although I won’t deny it c…

I heard a comedian, his name escapes me, like most of the moderate to essential memories currently tunnelling their way out of my…

Last night I was lucky enough to have a ticket to accompany a friend to press night of Cosi at the King’s Head Theatre. For…

Whether or not you got tickets for London 2012, it is now swinging firmly into view. The Cultural Olympiad was officially launched…

‘Are they serious?’ – words I have found myself saying at some recent arts job ads. I asked around and it would…

One of the great things about the arts is that there seems to be a genuine sense of people really supporting each other in their w…

I can’t be the only arts manager currently looking at the business plan carefully constructed for the next three years with…

So you’ve passed out of employment and you’re ready to launch yourself into the world of freelance, but how do you get…

A new report from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Hidden Connections) provides powerful evidence of the importance of ar…

I was in Bristol last weekend to celebrate my birthday (21… again). Fortuitously, I had timed my trip perfectly to coincide with…

I’ll almost guarantee you read that headline and thought “I wish”. The perception is often that trying to convince a n…