Arts People
The National Archives has reappointed ROMMEL PEREIRA and SONIA CARGAN as Non-Executive Board members. Both will serve a four-year term.
Cargan's term began in January while Pereira will...
News
The National Coal Mining Museum has proposed using geothermal heat to help it decarbonise.
The museum pumps an average of 1.5m gallons of water out of Hope Pit daily, which could be used as an...
Arts People
London-based dance company Shobana Jeyasingh Dance has appointed GHISLAINE GRANGER as Executive Producer.
She joins the company from Sadler's Wells Theatre, where since 2012 she...
Feature
As Anna Kime begins working with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, she explores how integrated data and evaluation can aid decision making and ensure the UK’s cultural and creative sectors continue to be world-leading.
News
A tribunal has heard that a former teacher at ArtsEd claimed there was a “culture of fear” at the school and raised concerns over leadership.
Case study
Continuing our series on the theme of arts, health and wellbeing, Ruby Wolk shares the success of a Royal Opera House Creative Exchange project in partnership with the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
News
Plans to de-list a statue of the transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston so it can be permanently housed in a museum are set for approval by Bristol council.
The Grade II-listed statue was...
With a general election on the horizon, Andrew Stewart reflects on a decade of Conservative arts policy and the challenges awaiting the next Culture Secretary.
Jonny Best considers how Arts Council England's remit has shifted since its inception in 1946 and shares his thoughts on activism and gender-critical views in the subsidised arts sector.
There's no getting away from the carbon footprint of music festivals, with UK events using over 12 million litres of diesel annually. But many are searching for greener alternatives, as Suzanne Bearne reports.
As arts funding declines, theatres are increasingly looking to cost-effective programming to make ends meet. Brian Logan asks if stand-up comedy could help protect UK playhouses.
Young British opera artists are leaving the UK and setting up themselves up as students abroad to work around Brexit obstructions, warns Edward Docx in this profile of British tenor David Butt Philip.
News
Phonographic Performance Limited will financially support programmes at East London Arts & Music that ensure equal access to the school's specialist education.
News
Internationally renowned speakers have withdrawn from engagements at the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA) after members of the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) called for a boycott of the...
Opinion
With many councils across the country on the verge of bankruptcy, cultural services are under threat. Councillor Liz Green, Chair of LGA’s Culture, Tourism and Sport board, says we need to do things differently.
Arts People
From radio host to founder of an academy, Melissa Thom has always worked with the voice. Here she pays tribute to some of the inspirational people whose voices have influenced her.
Arts People
The Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) has named 12 new trustees and four co-opted trustees.
Joining the charity’s board are SIMON CALLOW, LESLEY JOSEPH, ROB RINDER, ABI ENIOLA, HANNAH...
Opinion
The colossal efforts to advance and champion diversity and accessibility in the sector are undermined by negative press criticising the use trigger warnings before shows. But, as Fiona Moon argues, they should be viewed no differently from accessible seats or toilets.
News
A spokesperson for Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said it was “hardly surprising” it had overturned Kneecap's funding award as the Northern Irish group is "opposed to the United Kingdom".
News
Ipswich Borough Council (IBC) has voted to continue supporting the redevelopment of Ipswich Museum after a £2.7m overspend.
The museum closed in October 2022 for renovations and expansion,...
News
The government's Museum Estate and Development fund supports capital projects for museums.
News
The Chief Executive of the Royal & Derngate in Northampton has said the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) that forced the building to close for a month in September is...
News
The Musicians' Union 'rejects' Northern Ballet's decision to proceed with cutting the Sinfonia for some touring performances in 2024, labelling the move 'unacceptable'.
News
Musicians from London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) walked out of a rehearsal on 7 February ahead of a performance in protest over unpaid wages.
Around half the players, who are all freelance, took...
Arts People
KWAME KWEI-ARMAH will leave the Young Vic in the autumn after six years as Artistic Director,
He joined the Young Vic in February 2018, becoming the first African Caribbean director to lead a...