UK’s first LGBTQ+ museum to open in spring
The UK's first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and people will soon open in King's Cross. Queer Britain aim to open a f…
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UK’s first queer camping festival launches
The UK's first queer camping festival will take place near London this spring. Flesh features a house and techno line-up, 90%…
Building back better for parents and carers
The pandemic has been particularly challenging for parents and carers trying to juggle their responsibilities with their working l…
ALRA makes second round auditions free
There will be no fees for applicants who make it to the second round of acting auditions at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts…
Not British, not welcome
While we were distracted by news of politicians partying during lockdown, last month a Bill was passed that changes rights to UK c…
Black British theatre
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, many drama schools committed to reform their curricula. Oladipo Agboluaje shares a gro…
New year resolutions to transform the sector
It’s that time of year when we reflect on the last 12 months and hatch plans for the next. Laura Twemlow shares details of a…
Inequity in funding decisions
Funding ‘criteria’ tell you what a funder will or won’t support, but organisational ‘constraints’ ul…
Orchestra refresh helped ‘progress our ambitions’, ETO says
Disappointment was "inevitable" when the English Touring Opera (ETO) diversified its orchestra, its management says. The…
Flying the flag
This week is the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark the occasion, the UK arts sector launched Fly T…
Let’s not care what people think. Said nobody, ever.
When it comes to Equity, Diversity, Justice and Inclusion, Amanda Parker shares what happens when you fail to read the room &ndash…
Breaking down class barriers
Performing arts students from working class backgrounds face considerable barriers to entering the theatre profession. Andrew Muir…
Welsh gallery wins Sanctuary accolade
Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery has become the UK’s first Art Gallery of Sanctuary. The distinction is awarded by C…
Going public
Jonothan Neelands puts the case for a needs-based public culture, akin to Public Health or Public Education, to tackle inequality.
UK Music looks beyond London in diversity plan
A "greater focus" outside London is needed to increase diversity in the music industry, UK Music says. The association w…
Dorries bites back at ‘a vocal number’ of her critics
The new Culture Secretary showed she won't back down easily in her first face off with committee MPs, raising claims of gender…
Classical music inaccessible to less affluent families
A three-year research project aims to improve diversity in classical music, where women remain underrepresented in top roles and 9…
Captions speak louder
As part of Captioning Awareness Week, Melanie Sharpe is campaigning to raise awareness of access to the arts for deaf, d…
Manchester Museum to pilot poverty awareness training
Manchester Museum staff will be trained as social justice researchers for a pilot addressing understanding of poverty and dis…
Barbican pledges diversity targets to address racist culture
A third of claims made against the institution related to racism, but "very few" people of colour were interviewed by la…
£800k for visual arts projects addressing racial inequality
Freelands Foundation has awarded £800,000 to two projects addressing racial inequality in the visual arts. Wysing Arts…
National Gallery finds historical connections to slavery
Sixty-seven individuals associated with the National Gallery's history had connections to slavery and abolition, research…
Museums Association releases decolonisation guidance
Museums should be brave, accountable and "aim for justice" in decolonising their practices and collections. The Museums…
Whose ‘lived experience’ matters most?
A new strand of political correctness is reshaping conversations on race: the idea of ‘lived experience’ driving the d…
