National icon, international reach
Schools around the world have been invited to tune into a live science lesson taking place at the Royal Albert Hall. Lucy Noble te…
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Challenge and Change
How can education in galleries thrive in the face of challenging times for culture and education more generally? Jane Sillis is en…
Hot to trot!
Sadler’s Wells has been selected to form the new National Youth Dance Company (NYDC), which will become England’s flag…
Music sector to make its mark online
An initiative hoping to establish a ‘.music’ generic top-level domain (gTLD) – the three letters that follow the…
A sporting relationship
The relationship between the arts and sport has deep roots and will outlive the temporary spotlight cast on it by the Cultural Oly…
Defining values
Julia Rowntree, with Russell Willis Taylor and Anna Ledgard, reveal how a focus on practical and effective ways to create real val…
Birmingham school builds £7.2m arts centre
A new arts centre with a 503-seat concert hall, 140-seat flexible theatre, dance rehearsal room and 12 music rooms has opened at K…
Watch the grass grow
Kenn Taylor argues public institutions could learn a thing or two from artist-led models
In harmony
The Royal Northern College of Music and Opera North have a long history of working together. Liz Rowley explains how the formalisa…
Major institutions flex buying muscles
The Royal Opera House, the National Theatre and the Royal Albert Hall have joined forces to take advantage of ‘The Arts Bask…
Capital boost for Cumbria
A successful bid to the first round of Arts Council England’s (ACE) large-scale capital investment programme will mean a new…
Bridging the gap
Mark Powell finds it exhilarating to see the generations working side by side at Salisbury Playhouse
AgeQuake / ArtsQuake
Our average age is increasing. Sherry de Wynter calls the arts and cultural sector into action and reveals the intergenerational p…
Victory for the arts as new planning framework recognises culture
References to cultural wellbeing are welcomed, but some are concerned that the NPPF has not done enough to protect the arts and cu…
On the road and on the radar
Arts Council England is making a new funding commitment to touring: Jodi Myers is hoping that this will deliver what the sector re…
Catering for all audiences
Rob Fredrickson explains the challenges the Royal Shakespeare Company faced in bringing its food and beverage operation in house �…
Henley proposes wide menu for change
ACE will lead public bodies in the renewal of England’s strategy for cultural education
Inspired by Ireland
Anna Franks celebrates the art of an ‘invisible’ white minority
Boom-time for London’s theatres
Audiences are static but takings continue to grow at London theatres
Race against time to beat the cuts
A new report on the plight of small visual arts organisations that are set to lose their core Arts Council England (ACE) funding i…
Inspiring hospitality
Jo Rodger shares the secrets of a successful corporate hospitality programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Where others fear to tread
A collaboration between big business and youth theatre is helping to regenerate one of the most deprived areas of the UK. Stuart M…
Barking mad?
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) appears determined to withdraw all its £300,000 2012/13 budget for funding…
Empowered ticketing
Roger Tomlinson takes a snapshot of the wide range of options available these days to arts organisations that sell tickets
