Creative freelancers missing out on business support
After the turmoil of Covid-19, policymakers are taking interest in a new report that categorises creative freelancers based on the…
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Musicians’ diary service to close after 40 years
Morgenstern's, a UK diary service for musicians, will close, its founder and operator has announced. Julian Morgenstern has be…
TV industry ‘ignorant’ of legal duties to disabled staff
Senior television workers are unaware of their legal obligations to their disabled colleagues, driving many out of the indust…
Call to patronise local museums as visitors favour big name sites
Museums have not yet returned to full strength despite restrictions lifting. The challenges for smaller and larger sites this…
Project leaks artist pay rates to force transparency
The project has highlighted a race to the bottom on freelancers' fees as artists share their "incredibly bad experiences&…
New guide to ’break down stigma’ for autistic creatives
Autistic people face the highest rate of unemployment of all disabled groups in the UK. A new guide aims to change conversations s…
City of London launches review into racism at Barbican Centre
The centre's funder has stepped in after former and current staff called it "institutionally racist" and lobbied for…
Barbican Centre workers call for change to ‘inherently racist’ management
Sir Nicholas Kenyon has resigned as Managing Director two weeks after current and former staff went public about their experiences…
Choosing care over censorship
The Jess de Wahls controversy has highlighted how tenuous arts organisations' solidarity with transgender people can…
Arts company says ‘art should be a safe space for debate’ amid transphobia row
Artichoke says it will keep Jess de Wahls' contribution to exhibition which provides a platform for "all women, tran…
ArtsEd launches investigation amid wave of sexual misconduct claims
The conservatoire is the fourth in two weeks to face allegations of historic staff misconduct. What's driving the rise in…
Time’s up for conservatoire culture
Drama schools would do well to interrogate their practices and culture now before the calls for reform begin.
‘Black square’ arts organisations follow through on diversity vows
Many of the UK's highest-funded arts organisations promised change after George Floyd's death. While governance and progra…
Rehearsal complex to be a ‘godsend’ for freelancers
New Diorama Theatre will open a free workspace in July, welcoming up to 80,000 creatives per year: "We would be delighted if…
Call to defund arts centre after board quashed ‘futile’ revisioning project
Artists contracted for the ill-fated project want the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art closed, alleging a lack of appropriate r…
Employment guide to ‘eliminate barriers’ for disabled people in music
The handbook aims to improve representation of disabled people in the music industry as a survey finds half have withdrawn job app…
Venues aim to be dementia friendly upon full reopening
Forty London arts organisations have signed up to a new charter as other initiatives promote the arts in care homes across th…
Visa fast track only for elite of the elite
Home Secretary Priti Patel says the system aims to attract "the best and brightest", but there are fewer options for&nbs…
ALRA admits it ‘turned a blind eye to racism’
A long awaited report by the acting school says it allowed perpetrators of racism to "parade their sense of superiority with…
Arts organisations pledge to show salaries
A campaign aims to reduce pay gaps and increase diversity in recruitment, but some say keeping the salary quiet improves incl…
Initiatives to unlock an anti-racist arts sector
Two new programmes aim to move organisations beyond the statements of solidarity expressed last summer through distinct but comple…
50% of comedy workers have lost half their income, survey suggests
Comedians are making just 5% of their pre-pandemic income from streamed shows while half of off-stage workers have no live gigs bo…
V&A’s Theatre and Performance archive ‘at risk of becoming a dead collection’
Staff restructuring proposals that threaten the museum department have been condemned as a "devastatingly bad idea&…
Women hire more balanced casts than men, study finds
New reports highlight gender gaps in theatre and music as UNESCO warns the pandemic will be watershed for equality – on…
