Issue 224

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Need to Know

Looking for advice? AP finds the answers to your questions Read Need to know »

My Gurus

Lauren Scholey reveals the people who have inspired her most Read My Gurus »

Letters

FROM Munira Mirza, Mayor of London’s Advisor on Arts and Culture Read Divided in diversity »

Observations

Why should arts funders invest in experimentation? Hasan Bakhshi presents findings from NESTA’s new research Read Alive and kicking »

SELECTING LEADERS

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Appointing a senior member of staff is rarely an easy task, Diana Barden looks at how assessment centres are shaking up the recruitment process Read You’re hired! »

Start by building relationships, says Steve Marmion, big change can wait Read Diary of a director »

Investment in cultural leaders can be scarce, but Sue Hoyle explains how candidates can Clore their way to the top Read Leading the way »

Observations

Shaun Belcher debates ideas on how to improve community arts Read Waving or drowning? »

Big Ideas

Immersive opera might only just be catching on in Britain but, as David Staples reports, Opera Gulag has already gone some way to show us how art imitates life Read From Russia, with guts »

Observations

How can local authorities develop cultural leadership? Kathleen O’Neill explains how matrix management transformed Scotland’s smallest region Read Plug in to the matrix »

Top Five Websites

Kim Lofthouse shares the websites she wouldn’t want to be without Read Top 5 Websites »

Last word:

Mix and match

Looking at the year-on-year mammoth success – and variety of cultural choice – on offer in Edinburgh every August (p1), it’s easy believe the hype and claim the UK is the world’s most innovative place to kickstart a career as an artist. With our festivals, multiplying like cultural gremlins; the ... read more