Editorial archive

With funding increasingly moving outside London, Lina Johansson, joint artistic director of the Hackney-based theatre company Mimbre, speaks to Aysha Imtiaz warning that in 10 years time the borough may not be the creative hub it is today.

Artistic freedom is an increasingly contested area of public discourse. But as Ruth Anderson of Index on Censorship argues, while she might not agree with what is expressed, she defends the right to do so.

In a contracting arts funding environment, Michael Kenny, Owen Garling and Steph Coulter of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy explore what the case for a cultural infrastructure might look like.

Art therapy is associated with positive outcomes for children and adolescents in a hospital-based mental health unit, a new study published in the Journal of Mental Health has found....

Select Committee says government must ‘plug the gaps' in outdated copyright and intellectual property regulations’ to help future-proof creators rights.

A music initiative designed to "empower and celebrate" grassroots music communities has launched. Studio Monkey Shoulder, established by Monkey Shoulder Whisky, aims to recognise and...

TARA WILKINSON has been appointed Executive Director of Tall Stories theatre company. Together with co-founder and Artistic Director TOBY MITCHELL and Marking Director CLARE LEWIS, Wilkinson will...

Department for Education confirms that a minister has been present at only one meeting of the board in charge of challenging the government on music education plans.

Plans to switch library provision in Birmingham to a mixture of council and community-run hubs to save money have been put out for consultation. Launching the exercise, Birmingham City Council...

After far too many decades of jam tomorrow, artists deserve better, says independent arts researcher Susan Jones.

SEAMUS McGIBBON is to become Co-Chief Executive of Making Music, a charity representing the UK’s leisure-time music sector. He will lead the organisation alongside existing Chief Executive...

Now more than ever it’s important to focus on the things that really matter, to free ourselves of distractions and to identify earned income opportunities, says Robin Cantrill-Fenwick.