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JON MORGAN will leave his role as Director of Theatres Trust in December after nearly eight years. Prior to joining Theatres Trust, Morgan...
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Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre has announced SELINA CARTMELL as its Creative Director. She will take up the newly-created role in...
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Clore Leadership has announced SUZANN MCLEAN, JONATHAN REEKIE and KATE VARAH as new trustees. McLean is the Artistic Director of Theatre...
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The Cathedral Music Trust has appointed JONATHAN MAYES as Chief Executive Officer. He will take up the post in July. Alongside Mayes,...
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ANNA WILLIAMS is joining Aesop Arts & Society as its Interim CEO. Her appointment to the charity best known for its Dance to Health...

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Thank you, Rosie, for this thoughtful piece and the excellent work you and Denise are doing. There are so many who support you.
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
Important and timely piece. The arts and artists should be free to say what they like and say it wherever they can. If you're in...
Posted by Frankafka on A cultural revolution in the arts
A breath-takingly incoherent take from nowords here, but when you boil away the insults and the ranting the comment is best summed up in...
Posted by Frankafka on A cultural revolution in the arts
Great article. This is exactly what is happening in the arts. The usual suspects no doubt will be along shortly to whine ‘transphobia’ but...
Posted by Author26 on A cultural revolution in the arts
It's easy to point the finger at 'authoritarian' and 'illiberal' regimes, but perhaps we need to get our own house...
Some interesting ideas. Wonder about myth re Brexit and the like that autonomy gives agency and power. The arts and creative education so...
Posted by Nikki Shepperd on Time for a national youth arts trust?
Nothing has replaced the Bridge organisations who were funded by ACE for ten years to focus on cultural learning from Early Years upwards....
Posted by AiQ-vcU-meL on Time for a national youth arts trust?
Just for the record, I retired from Jazz Services in 2014 before they lost their Arts Council funding and before they rebranded. My crrent...
Thanks for your article Ruth. You make an interesting point about evidence of direct interference by the government of China. The current...
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