Wednesday, 07 December 2022
Josie Sparling explores some of the ways arts and heritage charities are working to mitigate, minimise and manage the climate crisis.
Thursday, 01 December 2022
Violence against women is a ‘contemporary, circular issue’ but is largely ignored by the UK’s museum sector, argues Charlotte Jansen.
After weeks of speculation about the future of Twitter, Adam Koszary asks how cultural organisations might deal with the void left in a Twitter-free world.
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
AHRC’s ‘Where Next?’ will support six research projects to reflect the imagination and creativity of arts and humanities. Matthew McCallum and Jaideep Gupte invite you to find out more.
Amid a brutal Russian onslaught on their culture, identity and history, Ukrainians are resisting by weaponising their art, writes Charlotte Higgins.
In an interview with Julie Long, Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh says widening access to creativity has never been more important.
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
ENO’s defunding in the name of levelling up was ‘ill-thought-through’, says Howard Goodall. He thinks opera could be done differently.
ACE’s increased investment in the North is a testament to Yorkshire’s flourishing cultural ecosystem, writes Henri Murison.
Everyone is a potential advocate for the cultural sector. Richard Watts advises how we can all become better champions for the arts.
A study on the Canadian Arts Summit finds a failure of leadership diversity. Charlie Wall-Andrews and Owais Lightwala reflect on what needs to change.
Slashing funding to the ENO has no meaningful effect on levelling up but does unnecessary damage to opera, Charlotte Higgins argues.
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Some Tory MPs are challenging ACE’s claim to be levelling up while at the same time slashing funding to the underprivileged. Michael Savage reports.
Amy Genders thinks the precarity of freelance labour is not just occupational but is a place-based, policy issue that requires understanding of the geographical context.
Colleen Dilenschneider compares free with paid museum admission strategies and argues it's not just a cut and dried economic decision.
ACE’s decision to redistribute funding rectifies long-term underinvestment in culture outside the capital, writes Katy Shaw.
Defying persistent calls for the return of looted artefacts, British Museum chair George Osborne says they are staying put, as Tom Seymour reports.
Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Zewditu Gebreyohanes calls for greater democracy and accountability at the National Trust to return it ‘to its founding aims and ethos’.
The lastest DCMS report on placemaking outlines the importance of placed-based approaches to tackling geographic disparities across the UK.
The closure of the Belmont cinema in Aberdeen is the latest symptom of the fragility of Scotland’s entire cultural ecology, argues Colin Farquhar.
Josie Billington, Ekaterina Balabanova and Joanne Worsley explore how the arts helped people in Liverpool cope during Covid, confirming the importance of the city’s cultural scene.