At risk: our creative future
A blunt report from the Lords Communictions Committee warns government complacency risks undermining the UK’s creative indus…
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Evaluating large-scale cultural events
With the evaluation findings from Birmingham 2022 published this week, and those from Coventry City of Culture forthcoming, Katy R…
Government complacency ‘jeopardising creative industries’
Inquiry into the future of UK's creative industries calls for government to place sector at the heart of its growth agenda and…
Increase in post-pandemic arts attendance ‘slows down’
Analysis of official DCMS data finds audiences are now returning to music at a quicker rate than theatre, while attendance across…
Art galleries express closure fears
Almost nine in 10 gallery leaders are concerned about their organisation’s future due to the cost-of-living crisis, accordin…
Digital impact in museums and galleries
How might museums be supported in developing a digital strategy? Mike Keating shares the findings of a new report to better unders…
UK museum artworks to be shared through new data service
A UK-wide Museum Data Service is to be established to pool records on millions of objects so they can be shared for research and p…
Research finds gender imbalance in theatre writing
There is a large discrepancy in the gender balance of composers, lyricists and playwrights credited for main stage theatre pr…
Exclusive: Academics hit out at Birkbeck creative cuts
Leading academics call for a rethink of plans to cut creative teaching posts at Birckbeck, University of London, which they say wi…
Culture for health?
A new EU report – Culture for Health – reviews cultural interventions in health and wellbeing and makes policy recomme…
Theatre sustainability initiative expands across the arts
Team behind efforts to improve sustainability in theatres expands initiative across the wider arts and culture sector.
Galleries most concerned by staffing issues and rising costs
The leading concerns for art galleries in the UK in the coming year are staffing issues and rising costs, a new survey has reveale…
A framework for failure
The cultural sector is not given to discussing failure – a common problem across much of public policy. But here Leila Janco…
Grassroots call for radical change
New research that identifies how the pandemic heightened artists’ precarity highlights radically different perspectives for…
DCMS pledges action on gender pay gap
DCMS has said it will take action to address gender pay gap after report finds the difference between the middle earning man and m…
Why better data is vital for future-proofing the cultural sector
Why do we struggle to convey the cultural sector’s significant impact? There’s no easy answer but an obvious solution…
Controversial PwC contract has ‘commercial exploitation’ clause
Under terms of audience data contract issued by Arts Council England, permission could be granted for information collected b…
Slow train coming? EDI in music higher education
A new report into equality, diversity and inclusion in music is published this week. Its authors Anna Bull, Diljeet Bhachu and Amy…
UK at risk of ‘serious loss of writing talent’, union warns
Rising energy and food costs are severely impacting the viability of writing as a career, a new survey has found. The Writers&rsqu…
Indie music labels’ market share to increase for fifth year
The share of the UK recorded music market controlled by independent record labels is on track to grow for the fifth consecutive ye…
ACE hands audience data contract to consultancy firm PwC
Arts Council England drops arts and culture research specialists The Audience Agency from sector support role, handing new contrac…
Survey aims to identify key priorities for creative freelancers
A new survey has been launched as part of efforts to improve conditions for creative freelancers. The Redesigning Freelancing surv…
Academics urge greater support for creative practitioners
Policymakers should 'learn lessons from the pandemic' and intervene in four key areas to better support creative practitio…
Researchers explore role of culture in addressing health inequality
Researchers at the University of Manchester are exploring how creativity, culture and heritage can address social inequalities.&nb…
