Future of culture in Edinburgh
Recent research urged Edinburgh’s cultural sector to adopt a values-led approach to addressing inequities and precarities. V…
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Edinburgh to appoint music-writer-in-residence
The city of Edinburgh will hold a competition to select a music-writer-in-residence. The appointee will chronicle the recovery of…
Bringing the classical closer
Struggling with the elitist nature of the concert hall, Matthew Whiteside decided it was time to bring contemporary classical musi…
£25m pledged for Edinburgh concert hall
£25m has been committed to build the Dunard Centre, a long-awaited and much-debated concert hall in Edinburgh. The Royal Ban…
UNBOXED launches first event
UNBOXED, the 2022 festival of creativity and innovation, has launched its first event in Scotland. About Us, a multimedia projecti…
Fringe Festival volunteering ‘leans into ableism’
Allegations of discriminatory practices ignite calls for the festival to adopt new principles to tackle inequalities.
Scotland gives £16m for cultural recovery
The Scottish Government is giving £16m to Scotland’s culture and events sector. Delivered through the Omicron business…
Inverness opens £6m artists’ residence
A £6m arts facility in Inverness has opened to its first residents. Sited in a former Victorian school, construction on The…
Alleged sex abuse at Scottish music festival
Female artists working on the Celtic Connections festival have claimed they were pressured into having sex in return for bookings….
Edinburgh commits to £4.7m culture funding
Edinburgh has committed to £4.7m of culture funding for 2022/23, £2m of it for Edinburgh International Festival. Recog…
Scots Culture Secretary slates BBC licence fee freeze
Scotland’s Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has voiced "profound concern" over the UK Government’s decision…
Three-year inquiry into GSA fire inconclusive
A three-year investigation into a fire at Glasgow School of Art has given no answers. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service&rs…
Indoor restrictions to be lifted in Scotland
Scotland will ease its Covid restrictions from Monday (January 24), removing limits on attendance at indoor events. Nightclubs can…
SWG3 to build £1.5m artist studio
Glasgow event space SWG3 is building a £1.5m artist studio on its premises. The new Yard Works premises will house artists,…
£8m freelancers’ fund to open in Scotland
The cover for cancelled work is part of £65m in support for the arts announced in recent weeks. What's available in the…
Arts park and centre planned for Falkirk
Falkirk is set to receive a “regionally significant” arts centre as part of investment zone funding. The £80m Fa…
Scotland awaits £31m in emergency arts funding
The country is yet to receive most of its Culture Recovery Fund allocation from May, the Culture Minister has claimed, as restrict…
Green light for £75m Edinburgh concert hall
Plans for Edinburgh's first new concert hall in a century have been approved. Local councillors voted on Wednesday (Novem…
Scotland adds negative tests to passport scheme
Unvaccinated people will be able to attend venues in Scotland after negative test results were added to its certification scheme….
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan leans into wellbeing
Children’s mental health will be a “very high priority” under a new blueprint for cross-curriculum creativity.
Scotland gives libraries £1.25m lifeline
Twenty-three library projects across Scotland will receive a share of the £1.25m Public Library Covid Relief Fund. The Scott…
Scotland opens £75k fund for creative caregivers
Creative Scotland has opened applications to its Radical Care Fund, a £75,000 project aiming to improve working conditi…
Universities return looted bronzes to Nigeria
Two universities have become the first UK institutions to return Benin bronze artifacts to Nigeria. Cambridge University returned…
Vaccine passports cause drop in attendance
DCMS reportedly believes certification would drive live events attendees to pubs and “dire consequences” are…
