We can only change our local communities if we’re willing to change ourselves, says Carol Jones.

It’s time to turn up the volume on the needs and interests of young people, says Carol Reid.

If arts leaders refuse to invest in their staff, do their organisations really deserve to survive? Alex Marshall calls for more su…

Welsh arts organisations have been told to model for a 10% funding cut amid the council’s drive to reach new audiences.

It’s an increasingly popular method for improving diversity in music – but sector bodies say anonymised selection is&n…

‘We Hear You’ gives the sector a confidential space to raise important issues without judgement.

Researchers and representatives of women in theatre say Arts Council England ‘doesn’t push’ on gender as mu…

Lottery funding, low pay, and that boat…Amanda Parker meets the Arts Council England Chair and architect of the UK’s…

We need to find ways to support – and hear – honest, respectful difference of opinion. That’s why we’re la…

The Tavistock Institute’s courses have always embraced approaches outside of the mainstream. Heather Stradling tells Jonatha…

Not everyone can be a winner in Arts Council of Wales’ drive to share the benefits of culture more widely, says Nick Capaldi…

Reflecting on being wrongfully dismissed by the Royal Academy of Music, Dr Francesca Carpos says the sector must create a cul…

Yes, my crude social media posts may have caused offence – but we can't only allow speech we find agreeable, says Manick…

It’s often easier to steer clear of challenging issues – but we will all lose out if we censor material we find diffic…

The liberal, left-leaning values of cultural workers leads to “a divergence in worldviews between those tasked with represen…

The city has no intention of shirking difficult challenges in its year as UK City of Culture, writes Chenine Bhathena.

We need bold new cultural infrastructures to tackle entrenched inequality in the arts, says Amahra Spence. Can a new project combi…

Regeneration is all very well – but it is only through celebrating its authentic working class culture that the city can dis…

Pauline Bailey looks back on a project that developed social confidence and artistic expression among Birmingham's BAME elders…

The collaborative seeks to address barriers to diversity across artforms and protected characteristics, rather than through p…

ACE is right to focus on libraries in its new strategy, says Hassan Vawda – but it must put communities at the heart of its…

We should pay attention to what makes people angry – it points the way to growth and real change, says Hayley Williams-Hindl…

Children, young people and libraries are central to the funder’s ambitions to enable everyone to benefit from creative and c…

As Arts Council England prepares to publish its next ten-year strategy, thought leaders suggest a radical alternative.