Wrexham to bid again for UK City of Culture
Wrexham will make another bid for the title of City of Culture in 2029 after recently losing out to Bradford for the 2025 title. M…
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Successful CDF bids share commitment to cultural legacy
Local authorities in the areas of the seven funded projects in Cultural Development Fund round two are found to have strong cultur…
Resources for creative funding bids published
The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre has published a collection of digital resources for local authorities consideri…
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery gets major investment
The Stoke-on-Trent City Archives are due to be relocated into the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery thanks to a major investment in…
£18m refurbishment for Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Herefordshire Council has agreed to invest £8m of capital funding for the complete refurbishment of Hereford Museum and Art…
Royal Cornwall Museum at risk of closure
The Royal Cornwall Museum is at risk of closure after Cornwall Council rejected its funding bid. The local authority received 51 a…
Tamworth arts programme to teach beatboxing, breakdancing
Create Community Tamworth, a six-month arts programme, will launch on 23 July with a collaborative painting created by 30 artists…
Pioneering Coventry theatre to close
A theatre set up in a former shop in Coventry to allow audiences to enter a space and meet artists as equals is to close after 13…
Plans announced for new theatre in Derby
Derby City Council has announced plans to build a new theatre on a city centre site. The proposed theatre, known as Assemble, woul…
Mayor of London expands Creative Enterprise Zones
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has allocated £800,000 to be invested in nine zones across the capital to support jobs and traini…
My Gurus: ‘For when I need to be brave’
Rebecca Ball has now been in post as Chief Executive of Sunderland Culture for a year. Here she reveals the people who have inspir…
The birth of Shakespeare’s Northern home
Shakespeare North Playhouse is a brand-new theatre modelled on a traditional Shakespearean era playhouse. Melanie Lewis shares the…
Greening the UK’s theatres
The nation’s theatre buildings are in urgent need of upgrading to make them more sustainable and fit for purpose, argues Jon…
Chesterfield theatre closes for £17.5m renovation
Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre is closing at the end of the month as part of a £17.5m restoration project. The pla…
Vision for future of music libraries published
A paper outlining a vision for the future of music libraries has been published by an alliance of music organisations. The Music L…
Ipswich Museum set for £8.7m refurb despite petition
A £8.7m project to renovate Ipswich Museum is to go ahead despite an online petition against the proposals. The planned work…
Coventry City of Culture attracts more than a million
More than one million people attended events in Coventry during the city’s stint as UK City of Culture, according to analysi…
DCMS study moots major new data platform
Report recommends new cultural sector data platform to help make the case for increased funding across the arts.
High priority areas yet to receive levelling up funding
Analysis finds 19 local authority areas deemed to be high priority for investment by both government and Arts Council England are…
‘Make it SO’
In the last in our series profiling the shortlisted candidates for City of Culture 2025, Claire Whitaker says Southampton has…
MPs demand legislation to protect child performers
DCMS Select Committee warns that regulatory gaps are leaving child performers at risk of exploitation.
Citizens’ assembly demands culture-filled future for Coventry
Recommendations including more public artworks and neighbourhood creative hubs aim to contribute to the City of Culture's lega…
Local election manifesto
With many local councillors up for re-election next week, Chris Walker outlines his manifesto for increased local authority spendi…
Oxford arts venue seeks new home
Community arts centre Fusion Arts is looking for a new home as its current premises faces demolition. The East Oxford Community Ce…
