Will the Change Makers make a difference?
As one of Arts Council England’s cohort of Change Makers, Andrew Miller reflects on why he accepted the opportunity and what…
As one of Arts Council England’s cohort of Change Makers, Andrew Miller reflects on why he accepted the opportunity and what…
The arts sector has a duty to challenge social injustice and promote equality and diversity, but Wales is getting left behind, war…
How much longer will the UK government support the arts? Andrew Pinnock fears all signs point to it adopting a much more commercia…
Has panto become culturally inappropriate, racist even? Oh yes it has, calls out Daniel York.
Following revelations of elitism in music education, Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Professor Jeffrey Sharkey,…
Over 100,000 children a year will lose the chance to study the arts when the EBacc becomes compulsory in schools, and the least pr…
Once a curator, now a producer, Mary Paterson calls for the artist-producer relationship to be re-imagined as something more creat…
Researcher Stephen Pritchard raises concerns that the latest evaluation of ACE’s Creative People and Places programme was ba…
Adults – parents, teachers and theatre-makers included – need to stop trying to control children’s experien…
National museums and the Arts Council are protected from scrutiny by barriers to accessing Parliament’s investigative arm. I…
If the national funder really cared about equality, it wouldn’t endorse a £2m application from a nine-day-old organisa…
Roger Tomlinson has more questions than answers about the quality metrics system that Arts Council England’s larger NPOs wil…
As technology becomes an increasingly distracting force, it’s down to live entertainment to tempt people to set aside their…
As drama is downgraded in our schools, Fiona Banks explains why it is essential for young people to see theatre live on stage.
Art can ask difficult questions and help people engage with complex topics. With conflict and political divisions spreading across…
Joe Hallgarten proposes a new solution to the uncomfortable fact that attendance at taxpayer-subsidised arts events remains stubbo…
Liz Hill tells NPOs, ‘just say no’ to a fundamentally flawed scheme that will reveal more about the nature of the audi…
No wonder there is so much talk about the death of opera when people are excluded from it all the time, says Bill Bankes-Jones. Bu…
UK cities must be granted freedoms to attract inward investment and build the country’s reputation as a creative powerhouse,…
As the debate over whether London needs a new concert hall becomes more divisive, Jodi Myers says it’s time for some careful…
Angry at the continuing discrimination against disabled people as well as the inadequate access in many venues, Andrew Miller refl…
Tired of seeing classical music magazines filled with middle-aged white faces, James Fleury proposes four ‘mental makeovers&…
Will Donald Trump, a liberal arts graduate, be enamoured by an industry with an envious return on investment? Or will his governme…
At Spektrix’s annual conference Vikki Heywood explored the mindsets and mythologies that influence the performing arts today…