The arts are important because they matter to us, and any attempts to further justify them lead to an impoverished and less human…

Has Arts Council England got cultural democracy wrong? Steven Hadley and Eleonora Belfiore argue for a more thorough questioning o…

Arts professionals show a “continuing aversion” to the language of business support, despite a strong interest in acce…

Clinical psychologist Katherine Taylor explains how Greater Manchester is putting the arts at the heart of its mental health strat…

Laura Bailey explains how Kent County Council is aiming to integrate arts and culture into its commissioned services across the bo…

Data from the Government’s Taking Part survey also suggests that 2017/18 saw record levels of arts engagement in England as…

The public’s growing preference for scratch cards and instant win games is eroding the proportion of sales that go to good c…

By taking a robust approach to understanding the social class make-up of the workforce, the cultural sector can address entrenched…

A new Civil Society Strategy accepts that “Government alone cannot solve the complex challenges facing society”.

The research centre will aim to “pre-empt the needless wheel-spinning, data-churning and combative cross-talking that has ch…

New research is responding to employer demands for the apprenticeship system to be made more attractive to the creative industries…

An open letter to the Charity Commission’s chair argues that charging charities is not “the best course of action or t…

Three outer city venues around Leeds were found to have generated committed core audiences in areas perceived as barren.

The House of Lords EU Committee says that multi-country, multi-entry visas allowing cultural workers to make short term visits bet…

As well as receiving core funding from the Lottery, Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations were awarded ove…

From this year, English and Welsh charities will have to provide the Charity Commission with a breakdown of staff remuneration by…

Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s initiative aims to reach tens of thousands of people across England.

91 companies and organisations in the UK were supported by Creative Europe last year, receiving 10% of the scheme’s total fu…

A report commissioned by Arts Council England finds that two-thirds of the sector want the body to advocate its value to central g…

The country’s culture was ranked second globally, remaining behind the US and ahead of France and Germany.

15 employees will be affected by the closure of Culture Republic, following the loss of its annual funding from Creative Scotland.

In an evidence session examining the success of Hull 2017, the DCMS Committee has heard differing views on how the City of Culture…

Two new reports say that the festivals also generate international recognition for Scotland’s arts scene and provide new opp…

Political deadlock has led to the current strategy being extended for a year.