The combined effect of Covid and Brexit will make significant dents in the financial viability of the orchestral sector, in spite…

Manchester City Council is urgently refreshing its culture rescue plan as annual analysis shows arts organisations' value to t…

DCMS Minister Caroline Dinenage says the much-vaunted measure runs the risk of giving false confidence to festivals: "I just…

Arts Council England has investigated 46 suspected cases of fraud and revoked three grants worth a total of £570,000.

Staff restructuring proposals that threaten the museum department have been condemned as a "devastatingly bad idea&…

Abigail Pogson outlines the vital contribution the arts can – and should – make as the nation edges towards recovery.

Liverpool has a new five-year strategy to reboot the region by building a more inclusive coalition from its creative workforce, wh…

Freelancers, young people, women and live performance art forms have been disproportionately affected by a year of lockdowns….

To describe the past year as unprecedented is an understatement. Just don’t make the mistake of thinking anything has really…

Live events in the arts and cultural sector have been among the very hardest hit by the pandemic, so one year on, how do arts lead…

Ruth Pitt reflects on the power of music and the projects that put it at the heart of recovery. 

London Mayor commits to supporting self-employed creatives who are under pressure to accept poorer terms once government support i…

An investigation into the Culture Recovery Fund found £335m of awarded funds were still sitting in DCMS' coffers last mo…

The Government faces calls to ensure music education is part of the catch-up curriculum after up to 10% of schools stopped teachin…

Even with a light at the end of the lockdown tunnel, musicians' mental health is suffering due to "substantial uncer…

Another £300m for the Culture Recovery Fund, a wider safety net for the self-employed, and continued VAT and business r…

New research highlights a disparity between organisations that say they are BAME-led receiving higher funding awards than those wi…

Paolo Pezzangora shares what we can learn about the nation’s mood from their music tastes during lockdown.

The UK City of Culture year will press ahead with a full calendar of festivals and events from May 15 – two days before the…

Local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber are being called on to "defend and when possible increase" spend…

Imperial College researchers will estimate the probability of infection at two theatres and consider whether a covered venue can &…

Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown includes the possibility of lower capacity events by May 17 and full reopening wi…

Moira Jeffrey writes that the fight to survive is a reality we cannot ignore. Focussing on that alone will lead to “erosion…

Researchers say we should be "especially worried" about a huge drop in creatives under 25 that could lead to greate…