Fostering creative talent
In October 2020, then Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden distanced himself from an advert encouraging people in the arts to retrain i…
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Ireland launches Basic Income for the Arts
Up to 2,000 artists will be supported for three years, reflecting a sea change in how arts workers are valued.
‘The past we inherit, the future we build’
In the first in a series profiling the shortlisted candidates for UK City of Culture 2025, Alison Clark introduces the county whos…
Much more than ticketing: your box office is vital for success
The box office provides much more than just the ability to sell tickets. It’s important, says Natalie Watson, to use th…
Delivering stellar ticketing services
The Ticketing Professionals Conference (TPC) was conceived in Denver in 2015 at the International Ticketing Associations’ an…
Increasing cultural opportunity everywhere
It’s a fundamental matter of social justice that cultural provision and opportunities are so unequal. Richard Watts argues s…
Event organisers optimistic about future
Worries about ticket sales, rising costs and staff shortages remain front of mind but organisers have "a much thicker skin&qu…
Middlesbrough eyes most creative town title
Middlesbrough has set its sights on becoming the UK’s most creative town after investing £5m in cultural development….
Commonwealth Games’ diversity commitments questioned
Organisers reject claims that the Games’ cultural programme is not representative of the city’s diverse communities.
Final Culture Recovery Fund round delivers £35m
340 organisations share the final wave of funding, with over a third receiving support for the first time.
Stronger together
Can the cultural sector embrace collaboration as an essential tool to dismantle racism? In launching their new campaign, Arts Agai…
Building resilience
Can coaching enhance the resilience of people working in the arts during times of challenge and change? Nina Byrne has been doing…
Advocating for those with chronic illness
Louise Wildish has been exploring whether working models in the arts are accessible for those, like her, living with chronic illne…
Organisations share £150k for ‘commitment to communities’
This year's Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Award For Civic Arts Organisations goes to recipients in Wakefield, Hastings a…
Unlimited to go it alone
The Unlimited commissioning programme for disabled artists is becoming an independent organisation. After nine years of delivery b…
British Council restructure threatens sector, strikers say
Plans to cut arts jobs will irreversibly damage the organisation, workers say, as their union calls the consultation “severe…
UNESCO’s Creative Cities
UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network includes 13 UK cities. Karen Merkel shines a spotlight on a programme which demands in…
Fewer ethnically diverse creatives are employed, study finds
Ethnically diverse creatives are experiencing increased job insecurity and financial instability post-Covid, according to a Univer…
Wales awards £4.2m in third CRF round
Seventy-one organisations have been awarded a share of £4.2m in the third round of the Culture Recovery Fund in Wales. It br…
Local government culture commission launches
An independent committee wants to give a "wake up call" to central government and make the case for council-led culture…
UNBOXED 2022 working on ‘a recipe for failure’
A scathing report from MPs says the festival is "an irresponsible use of public money" set to prove its sceptics right….
Culture in Northern Ireland benefits from unclaimed accounts
Cultural organisations in Northern Ireland will receive a share of £1.3m of unclaimed money through the Dormant Account…
Immersive storytelling experience set for UNBOXED
Fifty creative professionals will develop an immersive storytelling experience as one of the 10 commissioned projects for UNBOXED…
Beware the Captain Tom trap
In implementing the levelling up agenda, the arts should pay attention to some worrying news on the legacy of Captain Tom, writes…
