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HM KING CHARLES and HM QUEEN CAMILLA have accepted patronages from several arts organisations following a review of charities supported by...
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JULIE KENNY will join Sheffield Theatres as its new Chair in July. An entrepreneur based in South Yorkshire, Kenny founded Pyronix Limited...
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Royal Ballet School (RBS) has made three new appointments to its Board of Governors, welcoming SARAH DORFMAN, EDWARD WATSON and ALISTAIR...
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The League of Independent Producers has announced that REBECCA GWYTHER and RAMIN SABI have been elected to its board, while HANNA OSMOLSKA...
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Dance Umbrella Festival will adopt a co-CEO model, with the appointments of current Artistic Director and CEO FREDDIE OPOKU-ADDAIE and...

Latest Features

  • Performers on a stage looking up at multiple spotlights

    Evaluation reports in the cultural sector can be packed full of learning. Emma McDowell explores how we might unearth this existing knowledge.

  • Graphic showing aerial view of people holding hands in concentric circles/a spiral

    You may not have met a philanthropy advisor before, but it is a growing profession, so be ready. Emma Beeston, who’s been one for ten years, explains how they work and why they can be helpful for your organisation.

  • People on a outdoor trek

    Introducing an ambitious initiative at a time when subsidised arts organisations are being asked to do less seems like madness. But for Slung Low it is a natural next step in their exploration of where civic responsibility meets cultural capital, writes Rachel Perry.

  • Chris Cuming surrounded by young people

    Chris Cuming is the newly appointed Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). With a background in dance and production, he reveals the people and places who have inspired his career. 

  • A group of people listening to a speaker

    Northcott Theatre in Exeter has said it will advertise at least one creative role on every production. Creative Director Martin Berry explains the thinking behind it.  

  • Children get creative with clay

    In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation argues that the financial plight of our cultural institutions is undermining their huge impact.

Readers' Comments

Good news. Stonewall have been providing inaccurate information in their training and information packs - focusing in the law as they would...
Thank you, Rosie, for this thoughtful piece and the excellent work you and Denise are doing. There are so many who support you.
Hear, hear - well said.
Posted by Writersblock on A cultural revolution in the arts
Most of the censorship and self-censorship happens well behind the scenes and well before performances, events, exhibitions are ever staged...
Posted by Jan Macvarish on A cultural revolution in the arts
well it depends on what your 'cause' and work is. You are making your life's work putting tans people under threat of...
Posted by nowordsfindswords on A cultural revolution in the arts
Apart from the overall principle that one would imagine and hope that artists would decry what is effectively censorship of any artist, it...
Posted by CeramicsRUs on A cultural revolution in the arts
Trans people have always existed and will always exist. Why does their flourishing trigger you so much? Amazing how theses bigots who...
Posted by jgillham on A cultural revolution in the arts
This article reads as: 1. Trans people are not humans as we know them - how can we undermine them? 2. We have to get OUR opinions on...
Posted by nowordsfindswords on A cultural revolution in the arts
This is a good and balanced article..it is vital that artists are able to express themselves freely. Having lived and worked in communist...
Thank you for this thoughtful and heartfelt piece. The hyperbolic first comment- it’s hard to believe the author read the piece- shows the...
Posted by Rachel Bell on A cultural revolution in the arts

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