Big ideas, small costs

13 Sep 2010

Alan Lane unravels the spirit, rather than structure, that keeps Slung Low theatre company swinging high

Bangers and cash

26 Aug 2010

Edinburgh’s festivals mark their most successful year to date, but face a funding crisis as public and corporate support comes under threat

Diversity measures failing?

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10 May 2010

A decade of diversity practice shows little has changed within Regularly Funded Organisations.

Global nerves as recession bites

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13 Jul 2009

Fears of funding losses are offset by confidence that arts organisations will show resilience.

Culture capital rollout

Front view of the Tate Liverpool
26 Jan 2009

City of culture award to go native following Liverpool’s 2008 success and the Culture Secretary's comments that “culture and creativity are part of the answer to tough economic times.”

ACE focus shifts to participation

Front cover and inside pages of Arts Council England's corporate plan for 2006-08
19 Jun 2006

New ACE business plan responds to ministerial pressures to be more "democratic".

Lottery cash reserves slammed

24 Oct 2005

£2.4bn “stuck in limbo” as Lottery funders fail to reach Government targets on distribution.

MSPs reject Commission findings

10 Oct 2005

Scottish Parliament has put culture plans on hold, rejecting all the main points in a report by the Scottish Cultural Commission.

Cool reception for Scottish culture plans

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
04 Jul 2005

Scotland’s arts community responds to exhaustive report by Cultural Commission. A total of 124 recommendations for the future of the arts in Scotland have been included in a report by the Scottish Cultural Commission on the cultural landscape of Scotland.

ACW faces extinction

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23 Aug 2004

The arts community in Wales is reeling from the news that First Minister Rhodri Morgan plans to place the Arts Council of Wales (ACW) and three other cultural bodies in Wales under the direct control of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Scotland under review

03 May 2004

A widespread review of Scotland’s cultural activity is to “look again at [the country’s] cultural infrastructure and ask if it fit for purpose.” The review, heralded by Scotland’s First Minister, Jack McConnell in his St Andrew’s Day address in November 2003, will run for a year and investigate the current status of arts activity in Scotland.

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