London to repurpose Royal Docks as cultural quarter
London’s Royal Docks is set to become ‘London’s cultural engine’ under plans to repurpose the space a…
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Citizen’s assembly invites input on arts in placemaking
A citizen's assembly on the role of arts and culture – the first of its kind anywhere in the world – has begun. A new website…
City of Culture 2025 a ‘springboard’ regardless of longlist
The challenge now for some of the latecomers will be completing years' worth of planning in weeks.
Strategy will make Peterborough a ‘cultural hotspot’
The city must address a “cultural deficit” among its youth, consultation finds, as it eyes a bid for UK City of Cultur…
Curatorial scheme to tackle social mobility in visual arts
The pilot programme will “challenge accepted barriers” in one of the sector’s least inclusive professions.
UK’s first public artwork honouring Windrush generation unveiled
Three marble and bronze scupltures of Caribbean produce have become the first public artwork in the UK celebrating the Windrush ge…
Council criticised over mixed messages on theatre sale
A £191,000 Culture Recovery Fund grant was meant to help the theatre reopen and reach new audiences. Now, locals can't g…
Citizens’ assembly to shape culture in Coventry
Art for the People, believed to be the first citizen's assembly for arts and culture, will decide on projects for the Cit…
New culture strategy for North East Lincolnshire
North East Lincolnshire Council has appointed creative consultants Beam to determine its new culture and heritage strategy. T…
Birmingham 2022 releases festival details
Birmingham 2022 has released details of the six-month festival set to run across the West Midlands as part of the Commonwealth Gam…
Deprived areas benefit most from culture
New research indicates cultural engagement improves wellbeing in England’s poorest areas the most, but unequal access remain…
West Yorkshire moots ‘Town of Culture’ award
A 'Town of Culture' competition could be heading to West Yorkshire as early as 2023 under the area's economic recovery…
British Museum plans new gallery in Shropshire
A 'partnership gallery' at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery will open in 2024, the British Museum has announced. The mu…
Sheffield ‘starved’ of arts funding
Sheffield receives less arts funding than Manchester despite having a larger population. Analysis by The Star found that…
Crewe Lyceum celebrates 110 years
Crewe Lyceum has reopened as it celebrates its 110th birthday. It enjoyed a busy reopening last weekend, welcoming visitors for th…
Creative and cultural industries generated £150bn pre-pandemic
The UK's creative and cultural industries generated £150.4bn in 2019, according to new data. DCMS figures show the indus…
UK City of Culture competition in need of redesign
The UK City of Culture is a DCMS success story by any standards. But, as Andrew Dixon explains, serious flaws in this year’s…
Covid-19 crushed Swansea’s City of Culture plan
Swansea Council says the pandemic changed its plans to enter the UK City of Culture 2025 contest. The city bid for the title…
Advantaged areas won more Culture Recovery Fund money
Places that have fewer National Portfolio Organisations and less buy-in from local authorities may struggle to access other fundin…
London’s Creative Enterprise Zones to double
City Hall is investing £3m to grow the scheme, which has supported 300 cultural organisations and 1,000 jobs through the pan…
City of Culture 2025 contest attracts explosion of interest
Adding a seventh city to the longlist of bidders who will receive funding would allow more places to "complete their jou…
£34.9bn needed for UK creative industries to ‘bounce back’ by 2025
New modelling from Oxford Economics says the country's creative sectors can more than recover from the loss of 100,000 jobs wi…
Cultural vaccination centres an opportunity to reach new audiences
Art galleries hosting pop-up sites hope to capitalise on increased footfall and reconnect with young locals.
Coventry 2021 weighs options around social distancing
The City of Culture must take audiences' comfort into account, its Creative Director says, as the upcoming change to restricti…
