What the arts can learn from Toyota: Cultivating a culture of creative resilience
Amid funding cuts, operational challenges and shifting audience behaviours, David Reece explores how the arts can take inspiration…
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A lifetime of service to the arts
The incomparable and incorrigible Hilary Keenlyside has died after a short illness. Here her business partner and friend, Anne Bon…
Why RICE is good for you
Leaders of cultural organisations face the constant question of how to allocate limited time and resources effectively. Robin Cant…
How to create a business that thrives and survives
In our series exploring new business models, Gill Wildman, director of Upstarter incubator, argues they need to be designed in a w…
Manifesto for a transformative workplace
Clore Leadership recently released ‘Imagine it Different’ – a report on a programme they undertook looking into the world of wor…
Radical system change in the workplace
In our series of articles looking at changing workplace culture, Fun Palaces co-director Amie Taylor explores the challenges and b…
Arts festival embroiled in row over Palestinian speaker
British Council and Arts Council England say they have looked into the inclusion of a Palestinian comic artist, who has allegedly…
Developing AI policy for trustees and CEOs
Do your governance and leadership teams have a strategy for the use of AI? Or are your teams just experimenting without direction?…
Inclusive growth?
Without the real Living Wage, creative and cultural growth will just replicate existing inequalities, writes Lianna Etkind.
‘Lack of due diligence’ behind soaring Bristol Beacon costs
Costs for the projected skyrocketed from an initial £48.8m to £131.9m on completion in November 2023.
A fresh blueprint for funding arts organisations
Arts organisations are only too aware of the limitations of short-term funding. But, in Northern Ireland, a pioneering financial p…
Sadler’s Wells accused of ‘censoring’ Palestinian statement
Members of Compagnie Maguy Marin have also alleged they were subjected to 'aggressive' and 'intimidating' tre…
Arnolfini speaks out on ‘abhorrent loss of life’ in Gaza
Arnolfini says the voices of victims of the ongoing conflict 'need to be heard' as it announces an intention to reflect th…
Theatre boss says building’s RAAC can be fixed
The Chief Executive of the Royal & Derngate in Northampton has said the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (R…
Arnolfini apologises for pulling Palestinian film event
Arnolfini says it is now working to 'rebuild relationships' with artists, partners and sector organisations following a si…
More than 1,700 artefacts ‘missing’ from DCMS-funded museums
Freedom of Information requests have revealed more than 1,700 artefacts are missing from publicly funded museums and art galleries…
British Museum told to ‘define its collection’ in review
An independent review into thefts at The British Museum has made a series of recommendations on risk management, auditing, go…
Closing with care
There is a domino effect at play across the sector at the moment, with the number of closures since last year reaching double figu…
Coventry Culture Trust: Potential misconduct identified
Administrators submit report identifying potential misconduct at Coventry City of Culture Trust while investigations into the circ…
Communications in a time of crisis
When the proverbial hits the fan, how prepared are you to handle the public messaging? Helen Palmer shares her experience of crisi…
Agency for female and gender-minority composers launches
A new agency representing gender minority composers has launched in London. Operated by Register, a music agency specialising in l…
‘More than 1,500’ artefacts stolen from British Museum
The number of items allegedly taken from the British Museum’s collection by senior curator Peter Higgs is thought to exceed…
British Museum to review security following artefacts theft
The British Museum has said it will conduct an independent review of its security after items from its collection were found to be…
Bristol Council criticised for delayed Beacon report
Bristol City Council has said it will miss a deadline for a lessons learned report into its budget-busting refurbishment of a city…
