Levelling up won’t fix social mobility in the arts
Academics say moving money away from London and replicating successful models like UK City of Culture are only half a solution.
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Unsuccessful City of Culture teams ‘not disappointed’
The legacy of the competition goes beyond the title, those who missed out say.
Arts Quarter proposed for London’s West End
Major institutions would act as gateways to a "gallery without walls" under a £1bn plan to support the area's…
Reimagining theatre
John McGrath shares his vision for a radical, new, ultra-flexible space that he hopes will be a significant addition to the cultur…
NPO relocations: what you need to know
Is moving outside of London worthwhile, and is it going to achieve what funders want?
£25m pledged for Edinburgh concert hall
£25m has been committed to build the Dunard Centre, a long-awaited and much-debated concert hall in Edinburgh. The Royal Ban…
Call for second option on cultural heart plan
Kirklees Council is being urged to put a proposed second option for its town centre cultural development out for public consultati…
ACE instructed to address funding imbalance
The funder is to redirect funding away from London-based organisations as outlined in the latest addendum to its guidance for appl…
Higher education lends support to LEEDS 2023
The University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University will lead a strand of the LEEDS 2023 programme with the support of other…
£210m Cultural Heart plan ‘commonplace and risky’
A shopping precinct turned arts centre due for demolition should instead be a model for other town centres, a think tank argues.
Tate’s ‘backward step’
Tate Exchange – the only dedicated community co-creation programme in a major museum – is to be discontinued. Stella T…
Council stokes fear over museum restructure
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's planned cut to museum funding will have an “immediate, significant and long-lasting advers…
Value co-creation key to levelling up
A 'simple but radical' approach to co-creating arts offers a way to move from project to programme to true partnership, ac…
Culture offers ‘clear opportunities’ to reinvent high streets
ACE says there is "more to be done on both sides" to bolster culture's role in town centres.
LEEDS 2023: levelling up in action
Since Britain’s exit from Europe, we have no longer been able to compete for European Capital of Culture. But, as Kully Thia…
£12m expansion at Bristol-based studios
Work is under way on a £12m expansion of Bristol TV and film studios The Bottle Yard. Three new stages will be added to the…
Longlist make their UK City of Culture bids
Eight places longlisted to become UK City of Culture in 2025 handed in their bids this week. Bradford, Cornwall, County Durham, De…
Levelling Up White Paper targets cultural engagement outside London
Arts Council England will spend 100% of its budget uplift in the regions as Government commits to "significantly increasing&q…
Lewisham Borough of Culture begins
Lewisham’s Borough of Culture programme has begun. Performances and workshops took place across the South London borough on…
New partners for Leeds 2023
New partners have signed on to deliver creative projects for Leeds 2023. The British Library, Leeds Rhinos, Leeds United, National…
Work on Welsh language arts strategy begins
Arts Council of Wales is set to begin work on a new strategy for Welsh and the arts. The funder says it will draw up the strategy…
How might culture engineer levelling up?
DCMS is calling for evidence for its latest inquiry on the levelling up agenda. Jason Jones-Hall has been analysing initial data f…
Working dynamically
ACE’s Let’s Create strategy prioritises ‘dynamism’ as a funding principle. But what does it mean? Annabel…
Catford theatre starts £7m refurb
Catford’s Broadway Theatre is closing this month for a £7m renovation project. Funding for the work comes from Lewisha…
