A call to authors
Published in 1831, the enormous popularity of Victor Hugo’s novel Notre Dame de Paris led to the restoration of the cathedra…
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Creative Communities 2.0
In my early days as a graduate, not living in a major city meant I relied on the internet to find out what interesting things were…
Becky Hunter interviews Jane Boyer
I’m pleased to present another interview with a hardworking and talented woman in the arts. Jane Boyer is a practicing artis…
Theatre by and for young people
And so I went to the Drum Theatre, to see the culmination of a mouth-watering project that the Theatre Royal Plymouth has been run…
The axe is poised
This article is about the arts sector, but it’s also about arts venues, those supposed crisp and modern chapels of culture that sh…
Culture Inaction Europe
EU funded projects should come with a health warning, says Matthew Taylor
Mourning the Luminaire
This may well sound like a London-centric blog posting, but I think it affects all small, independently run music venues across th…
The Soft Sell
Judging from their new education white paper, the ConDems have discovered yet another front on which to continue their assault on…
I’ve got the buzz
I’ve recently taken a job as a theatre technician and sound engineer for a run of panto down in the west country. I was quickly re…
Hidden wonders
The holiday season can play strange tricks on one’s associative sensibilities. Examples abound: Pine trees + living rooms =…
Matched funding to encourage philanthropy
Now I’m sure we’d all like an early Christmas present of a large gift from a donor or new sponsorship and I read with…
Becky Hunter interviews Ayla Lepine
Lecturer, curator and writer Ayla Lepine is an expert in Victorian art and architecture. In this first in my series of interviews…
A new musical direction?
In this blog I will look to innovative uses of music, whether it is genre-blending collaborations, music as therapy or, in the cas…
All the world’s a stage – just don’t try booking for it online
Consumer habits are changing; we now increasingly purchase our music, books, clothing, groceries and gadgets online. The days of s…
Our No-Frills Future
From the BBC: Could cuts to arts and creativity funding lead to no-frills schools?
News Comment
Rosy Greenlees comments on the new teaching White Paper, and cautions against a one-size-fits-all approach to cultural education
Will philanthropists save the arts?
It’s an important question, posed in a recent Guardian article, which grabbed my attention as I’m regularly approached…
Is theatre still allowed to inspire the insides of prisons?
The insides of prisons have inspired playwrights for generations, you only have to traipse to the Soho Theatre to see a contempora…
Blogging around the South West
Currently working with Travelling Light Theatre Company in Bristol, I am a theatre maker and producer from Somerset. I love the So…
Tricky Dick
A friend of mine is trying rather hard right now to convince me that David Cameron is a political genius of Disraelian calibre, la…
It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it
I am still reeling from the Cultural Learning Alliance’s Big Link Up event at The British Museum; or more specifically…
A rallying call
Since the election was called back in April, our sector has been in limbo; not knowing if there will be any money, or if the…
The value of Art
Cuts, cuts, cuts. In this new ‘age of austerity’, that’s all I hear whenever the Arts [sic caps] are mentioned….
News Comment
In AP228, we published news of research findings suggesting that traditional classical concerts are alienating for younger audienc…
