The first set of our exclusive new AP blogs!

Around this time last week, I was working my way across the North West, meeting with a number of RFOs waiting for news from ACE on…

Great to see the Nicks and Neils of this world patting themselves, and ACE, on the back for having protected "front-line&quot…

It’s 8.30am and by my rights as a student I shouldn’t even be out of bed yet. As a student, I should be nursing a god…

Ever heard the expression “Make hay while the sun shines”? For music professionals the sun probably doesn’t shin…

Like anyone involved in running an Arts Council England RFO, it was difficult to think about much else last week except our Briefi…

One of the joys of having a Wednesday to work from home is watching the weekly car crash that is Prime Minister’s Questions….

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Paul Harman, Chair of TYA-UK, hits back at ACE’s claims that it prioritises young people, but endorses the idea t…

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Louise de Winter, Mark Pemberton, Roy Clare, Marcia Hutchinson, Stephen Cottrell, Hannah Nicklin, Michael Boyd, Fra…

WEB EXCLUSIVE: While the arts community considers its response to the fine print of the Comprehensive Spending Review, Neil Darwin…

Clare Cooper urges arts organisations to understand that they have the power to change hearts and minds as we face up to the chall…

The latest research into the impacts of the recession (p3) offers little in the way of comfort for the sector. John Nicholls revea…

Following our lead story last issue, David Dixon advises caution when considering the merits of a Friends’ scheme

Comment on the Spending Review and ACE funding decisions

Paul Harman, Chair of TYA-UK, hits back at ACE’s claims that it prioritises young people, but endorses the idea that regularly f…

While the arts community considers its response to the fine print of the Comprehensive Spending Review, Neil Darwin, Director of R…

 Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE) has always been committed to developing a strong evidence base, and indeed The Natio…

 Your focus on music education in AP226 was timely, coming as it did just days after Michael Gove announced his review of mus…

I would like to take issue with the figures given in the item ‘Sector subsidy holds steady?’ (AP224, p3).

In response to our special news story published online last week, Liz Hill unpicks the figures used by CCE to justify its existenc…

I value the arts, says Anne Bonnar, but why is the scope and reach of the NCA’s recent campaign limited north of the border?

In AP223, Gareth Hunt writes about the closeness of arts organisations to voluntary organisations, but also cites John Tusa’…

Nosheen Iqbal is probably right that we did not establish a rapport when she interviewed me for AP223. Perhaps I had guessed she w…