UK Music looks beyond London in diversity plan
A "greater focus" outside London is needed to increase diversity in the music industry, UK Music says. The association w…
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Dorries bites back at ‘a vocal number’ of her critics
The new Culture Secretary showed she won't back down easily in her first face off with committee MPs, raising claims of gender…
Classical music inaccessible to less affluent families
A three-year research project aims to improve diversity in classical music, where women remain underrepresented in top roles and 9…
Captions speak louder
As part of Captioning Awareness Week, Melanie Sharpe is campaigning to raise awareness of access to the arts for deaf, d…
Manchester Museum to pilot poverty awareness training
Manchester Museum staff will be trained as social justice researchers for a pilot addressing understanding of poverty and dis…
Barbican pledges diversity targets to address racist culture
A third of claims made against the institution related to racism, but "very few" people of colour were interviewed by la…
£800k for visual arts projects addressing racial inequality
Freelands Foundation has awarded £800,000 to two projects addressing racial inequality in the visual arts. Wysing Arts…
National Gallery finds historical connections to slavery
Sixty-seven individuals associated with the National Gallery's history had connections to slavery and abolition, research…
Museums Association releases decolonisation guidance
Museums should be brave, accountable and "aim for justice" in decolonising their practices and collections. The Museums…
Whose ‘lived experience’ matters most?
A new strand of political correctness is reshaping conversations on race: the idea of ‘lived experience’ driving the d…
Creating safe and inclusive workspaces in theatre
As a new code of conduct is launched for the theatre industry, Sebastian Cheswright Cater makes the case for the journey the secto…
Old Vic pulls play over director’s involvement
London’s Old Vic has decided not to stage a new production of Into The Woods, due to the involvement of co-director Terry Gi…
Theatre bodies update anti-discrimination principles
UK Theatre and Society of London Theatre (SOLT) have updated their ten principles for creating safe and inclusive working spaces i…
Stories of racism at the Barbican ‘ring true’, Gompertz says
Stories of institutional racism at the Barbican Centre "ring true to me", Will Gompertz has said. The Interim Manag…
Khan invests £1m to diversify London’s public spaces
A new fund to improve the diversity of London’s public spaces has been announced by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Untold Stories…
Design chosen for National Windrush Monument
The Windrush Commemoration Committee has selected Basil Watson’s design to stand as the National Windrush Monument. Watson&r…
‘Break glass’ campaign highlights inequalities in the arts
A giant box bearing the slogan "break in case of arts emergency" has appeared in London as part of a campaign…
When boards go bad: how to take inclusive action
Over the past year, Amanda Parker has been privy to several board-level conflicts that she describes as nightmarish. Boards, she a…
Culture Secretary’s comments on class resonate with the sector
Nadine Dorries courted controversy by saying you have to come from privilege to make it in the arts. Is she right?
£2m ringfenced to invest in BAME creative businesses
£2m of a £24m fund will be ringfenced to support Black, Asian and minority ethnic-led creative businesses. Creative Gr…
We need to talk about race
A reluctance to share opinions openly is a significant block to achieving racial equity. But as Kevin Osborne argues, without unde…
Optimism with a side of caution
Nadine Dorries is a gift horse the cultural sector shouldn't look in the mouth.
Female performing arts graduates earn more after five years
Female performing arts graduates' earnings outstrip their male counterparts' after five years. The average salary for…
PRS reports gender and ethnicity pay gaps
PRS for Music has narrowed its gender pay gap but white employees earn up to 26% more than those of colour. The collecting society…
