‘Cultural contract’ to be condition of Welsh emergency funding
The Welsh Government will require organisations to commit to fair pay rates, but has not responded to calls for a universal basic…
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‘Heritage is more than Downton Abbey’: RSA and British Council call for ‘radical’ shake-up of sector
Heritage can grow the UK's post-Covid economy – but only if it starts "telling the stories of more diverse parts of…
Lottery money to be spread further and thinner
After a four-month closure, Arts Council England has reopened its project grants programme to more people and organisations than e…
Manchester seeks £71.8m to ‘safeguard and stimulate’ culture
Efforts by Manchester and the West Midlands to secure extra money highlight fears that rescue funding will be directed toward…
Cultural infrastructure doesn’t deserve to be the poor relation
Investment in soft power assets can deliver huge financial returns – and could be the catalyst for redressing regional econo…
My vision for a radical artist-led hotel
We need bold new cultural infrastructures to tackle entrenched inequality in the arts, says Amahra Spence. Can a new project combi…
Birmingham must embrace its Heavy Metal heritage
Regeneration is all very well – but it is only through celebrating its authentic working class culture that the city can dis…
Culture fuels the Northern Powerhouse, so let’s hear it from Northern writers
The North leads the way in using culture to connect people with their past, present, and future. So why does publishing remain so…
Edinburgh concert hall plans scuppered by legal challenge
Delays and cost overruns to the £45m project are likely as it downsizes to avoid a long and expensive legal battle.
Please don’t turn our libraries into trendy arts hubs
ACE is right to focus on libraries in its new strategy, says Hassan Vawda – but it must put communities at the heart of its…
A high street renaissance?
Amanda Parker asks whether the arts can really save our high streets.
City of Culture ‘changed Hull’s image for the better’
An evaluation says the programme brought “profound but somewhat fragile” changes to Hull’s economy, community an…
Cultural partnerships to lead high streets regeneration
Historic England envisages the community-led scheme will become a “catalyst for wider regeneration” in a similar way t…
Saving our living heritage for the future
Patricia Lovett makes the case for protecting and promoting historical crafts – an industry larger than British textiles.
And they’re off…
How many of us working in the arts are keeping quiet about how we really feel, asks Amanda Parker.
Olympic Park cultural quarter already £14m over budget
Auditors warned that urgent action was needed to avert overspending and delays to the project before planning permission for four…
Cultural districts not fulfilling potential for social impact, report finds
A study concludes there is “considerable potential for enhancement” in how cultural districts across the world make a…
‘Cathedrals of culture’ competition mooted by City of Culture founder
Phil Redmond said partnerships between rural areas and their historic religious buildings could help make both relevant and cultur…
London’s Olympia to become ‘world-leading cultural hub’
A £1bn redevelopment of the events centre is expected to create a “substantial increase in both the quantity of arts a…
Labour could bring in tourist tax, says Tom Watson
The Shadow Culture Secretary said “a crude skills and salary approach to migration simply won’t work for the creative…
ACE funds ‘sustainable future’ for Bristol’s Arnolfini
A £1.8 million commitment to the troubled gallery reflects its “vital importance” to reinvigorating contemporary…
£10m ‘Hat District’ takes shape in Luton
The revamped Hat Factory Arts Centre will form part of a ‘creative cluster’ that aims to create jobs and attract 100,0…
What we’ve learned moving from London to Essex
Relocating Kinetika’s work in carnival, outdoor and participatory arts to rapidly-changing Thurrock has allowed the company…
Arts should be central to ‘UK Garden City’ scheme, report says
MPs have championed gardens as an artform and argue their contribution to the creative economy must be “explicitly recognise…
