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Fran Sanderson says building back better means looking beyond what – and who – we know in funding to demonstrate the i…
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Can you do more together than alone?
The Audience Agency shares its experience of the pains and gains of collaboration and partnership working.
Expression is what’s really important
When we foster collaboration between the arts and research, we unlock untold benefits for professionals in both sectors, Christoph…
Creativity is a lifesaver
Lord Alan Howarth reflects on a journey in arts and healthcare that has a promising future.
Taking the temperature of arts in health
Erica Ramsay, Geraldine Montgomerie and Holly Dannhauser explore the challenges faced by a local arts in healt…
Connection comes from collaboration
Making digital connections to create immersive work played to all our strengths, Sarah Ellis writes.
Gypsy stories need space to travel
Europe’s largest ethnic minority is perhaps the most marginalised in the arts. Carl Woodward says addressing this means chan…
Challenging ideas about children’s dance
Performers and providers often treat young children as a passive audience. Dr Angela Pickard says they can actively create and eng…
Let’s move beyond the spin
Hull’s leaders want to build a ‘collective legacy’ for its City of Culture year. Victoria Bissett and Michael Ho…
What ‘watch at home’ gave us
Can a regional theatre make money from online productions? Kelly Johnson says you have to weigh your options and ask for help.
Reworking what you already have is the opposite of innovation
Covid-19 has proved that what worked back then won’t work now. Patrick Towell says true innovation requires attention,…
Embracing the art of the possible
The theatre industry needed a champion in a time of crisis. National Theatre Scotland answered the call and it’s not turning…
Medway eyes international recognition with new cultural strategy
The "ambitious and forward-thinking" document will be the cornerstone of a bid for UK City of Culture 2025.
Distribute your leadership digitally
Long-distance relationships needn’t limit ambition. Sarah Fisher, Ying Kwok and Lindsay Taylor describe a sustainable approa…
No successor to Creative Europe
The UK desk of the European Union programme will close in March as funding is focused on the pandemic response.
New horizons
As we say good riddance to 2020, Liz Hill takes a glass-half-full look at progress in the cultural sector this year, and what the…
Beyond core audiences: culture’s currency lies in staying current
In a constantly changing landscape, the ability to understand and respond to audiences’ changing preferences and behaviours…
Brexit could cause two-year cultural hiatus
A new study warns the sector faces a unique battle against "the double consequences of Brexit and Covid-19", with commun…
Arts workers’ skills bolstered frontline Covid responses
Creativity, compassion, collaboration and a tendency towards efficiency meant arts workers were highly responsive in a time of cri…
New National Centre to promote knowledge sharing between arts and higher education
Research England will bankroll the partnership between four regional universities and The Culture Capital Exchange following a suc…
Mayflower 400: A tale too important to let go
Adrian Vinken shares how the two biggest developments of 2020 – Black Lives Matter and Covid-19 – have affected commem…
Beyond Brexit: Festival UK* 2022
Festival UK* 2022 is not a ‘celebration of Brexit’ but a celebration of the place we call home, argues Sam Hunt.
Preventing accidents – the problems of attracting fundraising talent
Recruiting on the basis of passion for the arts doesn’t make sense in vital income-generating roles, says Michelle Wright. S…
Brexit: Is the Internal Market Bill a ‘soft power grab’?
Campaigners warn that devolved nations' cultural policy is at risk amid rumours Creative Europe will be transferred to the For…
