The UK City of Culture is a DCMS success story by any standards. But, as Andrew Dixon explains, serious flaws in this year’s…

Places that have fewer National Portfolio Organisations and less buy-in from local authorities may struggle to access other fundin…

City Hall is investing £3m to grow the scheme, which has supported 300 cultural organisations and 1,000 jobs through the pan…

Adding a seventh city to the longlist of bidders who will receive funding would allow more places to "complete their jou…

New modelling from Oxford Economics says the country's creative sectors can more than recover from the loss of 100,000 jobs wi…

Art galleries hosting pop-up sites hope to capitalise on increased footfall and reconnect with young locals.

The City of Culture must take audiences' comfort into account, its Creative Director says, as the upcoming change to restricti…

The contest will continue into 2029 and beyond, with £40,000 grants to develop longlisted applications regardless…

The city aims to add 3,000 jobs to its cultural sector by 2031 – half of them from underrepresented groups – as its cu…

New Diorama Theatre will open a free workspace in July, welcoming up to 80,000 creatives per year: "We would be delighted if…

Grants of up to £5m are available for capital works outside of London, while libraries and museums are also eligible fo…

London launches a massive domestic tourism campaign as England progresses to the next stage of the reopening roadmap.

Cultural organisations can play a key role in creating thriving places for people to live, work and visit, but only if they reach…

Lois Stonock planned the London Borough of Culture 2020 to respond to Brexit. Then Brent became home to one of the UK’s firs…

What does it mean to have a civic role in challenging times? Andrew Barnett and Deborah Bull discuss.

Swindon's new Cultural Quarter – an £80m development by Swindon Council – will be the first thing visitors s…

Public art can connect us to the places, landscapes and buildings where we live. Lindsey Hebden explains what that means in practi…

Caitlin Warfield writes that the future of culture and business in urban centres depends on their ability to work together.

Liverpool has a new five-year strategy to reboot the region by building a more inclusive coalition from its creative workforce, wh…

The UK City of Culture year will press ahead with a full calendar of festivals and events from May 15 – two days before the…

Hull’s leaders want to build a ‘collective legacy’ for its City of Culture year. Victoria Bissett and Michael Ho…

New research shows 70% of visitors to Surrey arts venues would not have come into town – and spent an extra £40 o…