How global issues are driving a new cultural agenda
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Covid-19 spawns ‘digital only’ audiences
Survey data that suggests a third of digital arts audiences only engage online raises new possibilities for the post-Covid cu…
Urgent need for music education guidance
Days before England's schools resume, the Department for Education is yet to publish guidance on reopening music departments.
Singing softly could cut Covid risk
DCMS and the University of Bristol publicised the research findings as proof that 'singing is no riskier than speaking…
People with privileged pasts twice as likely to hold creative jobs, study finds
New research finds that social mobility is "a greater issue for the creative industries than across the wider economy" &…
Covid will affect future lottery funding, experts warn
The National Lottery faces major challenges as more charities clamour for support.
No sector is suffering more than the arts, figures show
New ONS data lays bare the critical state of the arts and entertainment sectors. Yet these organisations are supporting their empl…
Earlyarts UK closes due to Covid-19
After 18 years' work in arts and education, coronavirus was "the final straw" in an ongoing battle for income.
Planning reform could put arts venues at risk
An 84-page plan to overhaul the system makes no mention of protecting arts and cultural venues.
Plea to save sector as support for freelancers ends
The imminent end of income support for freelancers "will be devastating for them and for the industry," union leaders sa…
Loans can pay for freelancers, ACE says
Organisations applying to DCMS' £270m repayable finance scheme can ask for money to employ freelancers when government&n…
Freeze or cut pay to get funding, sector told
Funding bodies will enforce "pay restraint" at the organisations getting recovery money – but won't be exercis…
‘Suggestions, Oliver?’ Government pivots back to allowing indoor performance
The arts sector's lukewarm reaction underlines most venues' inability to reopen with socially distanced audiences.
Instrument studies find low risk of Covid transmission
One study found fewer aerosol particles "were produced when playing than when breathing alone".
‘Cultural contract’ to be condition of Welsh emergency funding
The Welsh Government will require organisations to commit to fair pay rates, but has not responded to calls for a universal basic…
Visitor numbers at a standstill as museums reopen
Major museums are attracting less than 10% of the visitors they normally would – and paying through the nose to do so.
Ventilation – How to breathe life into theatre
Venue operators should be rightly angry that the Government continues to insist that social distancing is the main route to making…
EXCLUSIVE: Many venues could be made safe for capacity audiences, SAGE report suggests
New scientific research reveals that ventilation is key to reducing airborne transmission of Covid-19. Some performance venues alr…
‘Heritage is more than Downton Abbey’: RSA and British Council call for ‘radical’ shake-up of sector
Heritage can grow the UK's post-Covid economy – but only if it starts "telling the stories of more diverse parts of…
‘Super active’ customers key to keeping up donations, survey suggests
Some UK arts organisations have used the Covid crisis to "dramatically increase" income from donations, but the overall…
Indoor performance pilots ‘have proved successful’, LSO says
With indoor performances allowed to resume this weekend, how safe and successful have trial events been?
Freelancers despair as emergency funding goes elsewhere
Artists and creatives stand on the brink of financial disaster following announcements that the Government’s Culture Recover…
Arts get one-third of £1.57bn fund
Arts organisations can apply for up to £3m – but those that need more must pay it back.
Silence on support for ‘crown jewels’
Tate Gallery will be one of the beneficiaries of the Government’s £1.57bn bailout. But as major organisations consult…
