Earlier this month, the University of Leicester published guidance on trans-inclusive practice for museums. Denise Fahmy and Audrey Ludwig say it is, at best, misleading and may be discriminatory.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” So says The Lorax in Dr Suess’s book of 1971. Jack Lowe, an environmental activist and documentarist, agrees.
The many stresses experienced by people working in the arts are frequently - and rightly - in the news. David Cutler thinks its time for policymakers to step up to address this challenge.
Alison Gordon believes culture is vital to the regeneration of Northern Ireland's seaside towns, but ongoing cuts to the arts will have a damaging impact.
From the perspective of Greece or Nigeria, the word irony hardly does justice to the sad spectacle unfolding at the British Museum, writes Barnaby Phillips.
In April, artists and supporters were galvanised to sign a petition, eventually numbering more than 12,500 signatures, resisting cuts to arts funding in Northern Ireland, writes Equity’s Alice Adams Lemon.
In the face of increasing numbers of theatre leaders leaving their roles, David Micklem thinks it’s time the whole business model underwent a radical rethink.
Hardly a day goes by without a fresh attack on arts and humanities degrees as ‘low value’. Stuart Croft, Vice-Chancellor of Warwick University, thinks that is misguided.
With the recent resignation of the BBC’s Head of Creative Diversity, Bectu’s Philippa Childs thinks it’s timely and necessary to reflect on why these roles have such a high turnover.
The Creative Industries Sector Vision unveiled last month had one glaring omission – visual artists. Christian Zimmermann thinks it’s time to recognise their contribution.
Are the arts as liberal, tolerant and inclusive as we’d like to think? Or is the sector authoritarian, stifled by group-think and given to indulging the odd witch-hunt? asks Denise Fahmy.
Projekt Europa is an international theatre company committed to celebrating the lived experience of migrants in the UK. Its director Maria Aberg wants to challenge the current anti-migrant rhetoric.
Far from freeing musicians or aiding their creativity, artificial intelligence could have a devasting impact on jobs and opportunities, writes Stuart Darke.
The Creative Industries Council - the joint forum between the creative industries and UK government - played a central role in developing the Creative Industries Sector Vision. The British Council's Rehana Mughal is a member of that forum.
Christopher Smith welcomes the government’s Creative Industries Sector Vision published this week, saying it is a recognition of the value of the UK’s creative industries.
The UK is among the most centralised and unequal countries, which has a profound impact on where culture and creativity has flourished. Trevor MacFarlane explores whether devolution could be an opportunity to recalibrate the creative ecosystem.
This week Fun Palaces celebrates its tenth anniversary. During that decade, as Kirsty Lothian and Amie Taylor write, they have become a major force in the campaign for cultural democracy.
In response to ACE's decision last November to cut the London Sinfonietta's funding by 41%, Chief Executive Andrew Burke outlines plans for a future now, inevitably, more at risk.
Northern Ireland: Resisting the cuts
In April, artists and supporters were galvanised to sign a petition, eventually numbering more than 12,500 signatures, resisting cuts to arts funding in Northern Ireland, writes Equity’s Alice Adams Lemon.