Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Amelia Crouch assesses the recent ‘Curating the Campus Symposium’ and finds fears that universities reject works of genuine artistic value in favour of populist offerings.
Jazz Musician Tim Whitehead reports on his meeting with Arts Council England, at which they discussed how to secure more support for jazz.
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Rupert Christiansen meets Martin and Lizzie Graham, the couple who created an internationally renowned opera festival in their back garden.
Arguing for music education because it improves children’s language or social skills is like promoting kissing because it gives you stronger lip muscles for eating soup neatly, says Peter Greene.
Monday, 15 June 2015
Headteacher Tom Sherrington analyses the impact that the new compulsory English Baccalaureate – and its omission of arts subjects – will have.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Peter Bazalgette outlines the Arts Impact Fund, a £7m pot lending money from commercial and public sources that proves the arts sector is “successfully diversifying”.
With government cuts to public subsidy continuing, Fin Kennedy encourages theatre to do more than simply present facts about the industry’s worth – and engage in a proper dialogue.
Tom Keighley profiles a series of arts organisations in the North East that are boosting the economy by giving people skills and experience.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Darren Henley, ACE’s new Chief Executive, joins the chorus of senior arts figures denouncing a recent comment piece in the Telegraph calling for the end to subsidised theatre.
Tuesday, 09 June 2015
There is a shortage in excellent opportunities for ethnic minority and disabled actors, so let’s stop talking about change and give quotas a try, says Lyn Gardner.
Julie’s Bicycle profiles rural touring theatre company Pentabus, as it attempts to give every facet of its work an ecological makeover.
Monday, 08 June 2015
Sian Hoyle and Jenny Denton explain how, with relatively little experience, they established The Derby Book Festival.
Thursday, 04 June 2015
Subsidising the arts is not without its dangers, Ivan Hewett tells The Telegraph’s naysayers, but relying solely on the free market would be much worse.
Wednesday, 03 June 2015
After revelations that oil giant Shell put pressure on the Science Museum to change their climate change exhibition, Alistair Brown asks where the line should be drawn with commercial sponsorship and the arts.
Art therapy gets a rough ride for treating illnesses like dementia, says Lynne Wallis, but it’s “cheaper than anti-psychotic drugs and a lot more effective”.
Monday, 01 June 2015
Rupert Christiansen asks the opera world to learn from Opera Holland Park, a commercially successful company that performs without pretence.
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
In an uncertain financial environment, Matt Trueman explains why it is an issue that “the bigger the organisation, the better placed it is to secure funding”.
David Burgess describes four cultures necessary in an organisation to secure support from individual donors.
Despite huge progress since the 1970s, the upper echelons of high art remain relatively inaccessible for women and inequality persists, says Maura Reilly.
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Although ‘Home Sweet Home’ – last year’s toured production about ageing in Britain – has finished, the wellbeing impacts among the older population are ongoing.