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Edinburgh concert hall plans scuppered by legal challenge
Delays and cost overruns to the £45m project are likely as it downsizes to avoid a long and expensive legal battle.
Please don’t turn our libraries into trendy arts hubs
ACE is right to focus on libraries in its new strategy, says Hassan Vawda – but it must put communities at the heart of its…
A high street renaissance?
Amanda Parker asks whether the arts can really save our high streets.
City of Culture ‘changed Hull’s image for the better’
An evaluation says the programme brought “profound but somewhat fragile” changes to Hull’s economy, community an…
Cultural partnerships to lead high streets regeneration
Historic England envisages the community-led scheme will become a “catalyst for wider regeneration” in a similar way t…
Saving our living heritage for the future
Patricia Lovett makes the case for protecting and promoting historical crafts – an industry larger than British textiles.
And they’re off…
How many of us working in the arts are keeping quiet about how we really feel, asks Amanda Parker.
Olympic Park cultural quarter already £14m over budget
Auditors warned that urgent action was needed to avert overspending and delays to the project before planning permission for four…
Cultural districts not fulfilling potential for social impact, report finds
A study concludes there is “considerable potential for enhancement” in how cultural districts across the world make a…
‘Cathedrals of culture’ competition mooted by City of Culture founder
Phil Redmond said partnerships between rural areas and their historic religious buildings could help make both relevant and cultur…
London’s Olympia to become ‘world-leading cultural hub’
A £1bn redevelopment of the events centre is expected to create a “substantial increase in both the quantity of arts a…
Labour could bring in tourist tax, says Tom Watson
The Shadow Culture Secretary said “a crude skills and salary approach to migration simply won’t work for the creative…
ACE funds ‘sustainable future’ for Bristol’s Arnolfini
A £1.8 million commitment to the troubled gallery reflects its “vital importance” to reinvigorating contemporary…
£10m ‘Hat District’ takes shape in Luton
The revamped Hat Factory Arts Centre will form part of a ‘creative cluster’ that aims to create jobs and attract 100,0…
What we’ve learned moving from London to Essex
Relocating Kinetika’s work in carnival, outdoor and participatory arts to rapidly-changing Thurrock has allowed the company…
Arts should be central to ‘UK Garden City’ scheme, report says
MPs have championed gardens as an artform and argue their contribution to the creative economy must be “explicitly recognise…
Three comments that reveal Tristram Hunt’s approach to cultural inclusion
The V&A Director warned against getting “too romantic about what Stratford was like before the Olympics”.
Tristram Hunt ‘not interested’ in V&A prayer room
The V&A Director is unconvinced by arguments for a dedicated prayer room in V&A East.
Shining a light on local culture
The LightNight festival initially aimed to showcase Liverpool's artists to outsiders – but it is now more concerned with…
Leeds University to run £2.5m Centre for Cultural Value
The centre will act as a “one-stop shop” to bridge the gap between research and practice.
Weaving a rich tapestry
Kirklees in West Yorkshire has a vision for local development rooted firmly in its historic links to the textile and music industr…
UK must correct ‘very strong London bias’ in cultural provision, says report
Cultural leaders have expressed dismay that Lord Kerslake’s inquiry into the UK’s economic imbalances did not make mor…
Rediscovering a role for artists
A series of informal surgeries for creative artists in Salford uncovered widespread disillusionment, says Steve Slater – as…
