Joined-up thinking puts arts on the main agenda in Wales
The Welsh Government is preparing to harness the arts, culture and heritage in its battle against poverty and social exclusion.
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Sarah Stannage warns that many arts organisations may be missing out on European and Government funding available through Local En…
Call for evidence on the Future of Cultural Value
Answers from the cultural sector to seventeen questions on four specific themes will form the basis of an investigation by the War…
Commission to focus on Cultural Value
The Warwick Commission is aiming to develop new policy thinking and practical recommendations related to the long-term sustainabil…
Mainstreaming equality
How has Northern Ireland’s cultural sector responded to equality and community relations since the Good Friday Agreement? Ni…
A simple proposition
Peter Stark, Christopher Gordon and David Powell provide a personal reflection on reactions to Rebalancing Our Cultural Capital, t…
New figures reveal the true extent of the London/regions divide
An ongoing funding bias towards London is denying huge proportions of England’s population fair access to the arts, accordin…
Wales considers creativity-focused curriculum
An arts-rich approach to teaching could be a “game-changer” for education in Wales, according to a new report.
Anti-poverty goals climb the arts agenda
The culture ministries in Wales and Northern Ireland have set out plans to put social inclusion at the heart of their policy-makin…
Mind the gap!
Think it’s time to merge Lottery funding with Grant in Aid to plug the arts funding gap? Think again, says Christopher Gordo…
Report comes out fighting for economic benefits of the arts
Arts Council report provides economic ballast in the run-up to a Government spending review.
Nesta sets out ten steps towards a healthy creative economy
The Treasury and the DCMS should conduct a broad–based assessment of the value of public arts and cultural spending in the U…
Creating the big society
Sarah Stannage asks whether we can be confident that individuals and communities will step forward to support the development of l…
UK crowdfunding sector creates self regulatory body
Crowdfunding operators will be asked to obey a code of practice as they join newly launched trade body the UK Crowdfunding Associa…
Arts sector is “scaremongering” says Minister
Vaizey's rejects any notion of 'the arts in crisis' but local authority survey findings tell a different story.
Evidence of the economic impact of arts needed to convince local decision makers
Credible evidence together with a strong local narrative are most likely to persuade decision-makers of the arts sector’s im…
A true snapshot of life?
Following her coverage of the national well-being debate and the exclusion of culture from the Office of National Statistics…
Shifting public opinion
A national campaign for the arts should first and foremost aim to win the public’s hearts and minds, says Liz Hill.
Culture Secretary backs charitable giving report
Maria Miller says arts organisations fall short in their efforts to secure legacy giving.
Job Ladder
Mark Da Vanzo tells us what he has learnt from his varied career.
The public debate that was never ours
Susan Oman says the measures for assessing national wellbeing will be irrelevant before we even begin measuring
London leads as a city of culture
The cultural offers of the world’s most important cities, and the policy structures behind them, is the focus of a new report
The Politics of Culture: The Case for Universalism
This is an important book, which should be required reading for those who think they know it all already. A refreshingly clear ref…
Cultural economy
Yvette Vaughan Jones looks towards a Creative Europe 2014 – and beyond
