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Continuing a series of articles investigating the state of arts sector finances, the number of National Portfolio Organisations breaking even has shrunk at an alarming rate.
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Bradford's Peace museum will reopen in a new location in August, it has been announced.
The Telegraph and Argus reports that the museum has been based in the city centre since it opened in...
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In a hustings held by Creative UK, Labour said it would review arts and culture funding and seek to encourage philanthropic giving.
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The London leg of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour will generate in the region of £300m for the capital's economy, the city's Mayor Sadiq Khan has said.
Music Week reports that the eight...
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The first of a series of articles investigating the state of arts sector finances highlights a huge decline in the financial health of organisations across the UK.
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Welsh actor Michael Sheen and his fellow countrymen, The Manic Street Preachers, have renewed their backing of an arts education fund launched three years ago to help pay for the education of...
Arts People
The Centre for Cultural Value, based at the University of Leeds, has appointed Dr STEPHEN DOBSON as Centre Director. He will take up the post in August, following BEN WALMSLEY's ...
Feature
With the general election looming, Jason Jones-Hall explains why all parties should embrace an arts-led approach to place to enhance our children’s education.
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The King’s second birthday honours acknowledges arts professionals from across the sector and features three damehoods and three knighthoods.
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The Orchard Theatre in Dartford, which closed in September 2023 after reinforced autoclaved aerated (RAAC) concrete was discovered on its roof, has announced it will not reopen until 2025.
A...
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New data show that in some cultural and creative subsectors including music, performance and visual arts, women outearned men in 2023.
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The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has rubbished reports that an African mask in its collection has not been put on display in the interest of “cultural safety” because it was made by a...
Opinion
Following extensive research into the finances of arts organisations, Sarah Thelwall of MyCake reflects on the serious implications for the sector.
Arts People
SOPHIE EDE, MARIE-CLARE FENECH and KASIA SENYSZYN have been appointed to the board at deaf-led arts accessibility charity Stagetext.
Since 2017, Ede has been CEO of Hearing Help Essex and is a...
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A historic theatre in Slough, which had been a bingo hall until last year, is set to reopen as a live music venue.
Built in the 1930s, the Adelphi Theatre was converted into a bingo hall in 1973...
Arts People
SALLY ANGEL will join the Jewish Museum London as its new Chief Executive Officer from 1 July, succeeding Acting Director, SUE SHAVE.
Currently Creative Director of Angelica Films, Angel is a TV...
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Arts and culture are integral to shaping the places we live. We now need to understand the effects cultural placemaking practices have on our towns, provinces and rural areas, argues John Wright.
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UK Music has called on the next government to be 'fast and fearless' in working to remove entry barriers to the music industry.
Arts People
Actor RAY FEARON has been announced as the new President of Rose Bruford College, the London-based higher education institution offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in performing arts and...
Opinion
Arts organisations are committed to reaching marginalised young people through their creative practice. But what happens when young people say things we don’t want to hear? asks Louise Govier.
Arts People
The Foundling Museum in London has announced the appointment of SUE HOYLE OBE as its new Chair, succeeding LARISSA JOY OBE.
Hoyle has held a number of leadership roles in the arts...
Labour's manifesto on the arts feels like a check box exercise harking back to the Cool Britania era, and that's not a good thing, writes Carola Boehm.
A new age of activism and sponsorship boycotting has suddenly left many UK festivals in a precarious financial position. Henry Mance and Harriet Agnew ask who is clean enough to find the arts.
With robberies of cultural objects on the rise, Tim Moore explores how increased digital access has made historic premises more vulnerable and how museum staff are fighting back.
Making a living as a theatre writer is challenging enough, but a focus on young debut talent excludes many from the few opportunities on offer. Catherine Love speaks to companies nurturing playwrights of all ages and experiences.