Editorial archive

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has come together with the Cabinet Office, the Scottish Government, HM Treasury and the Law Society to promote legacy giving to arts and cultural organisations in the UK.

Public sector finances are not going to change any time soon, so we need to act to make sure efforts to bring arts and culture to those who don’t currently engage isn’t pushed off the agenda, says Jane Wilson. 

Barry Hessenius sees parallels for the arts in the success of a small Ohio town printer’s online news service – finding lessons from its innovations in placemaking, engagement and creative marketing.

Henrietta Norton argues that big arts organisations turning to crowdfunding should be just as risk-seeking and adventurous as the small organisations that pioneered its use.

Richard Lewis hails the success of this year’s Edinburgh festivals, but implores the city and its venues to ensure that the critically celebrated art scene doesn’t end on August 31.

The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has issued its first full statement about ‘Homegrown’, the play inspired by three schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State, since it was...

Building work has begun on the first health and wellbeing centre for young people of its kind at the Elmhurst School for Dance.

The latest figures from the Scottish Household Survey reveal that non-classical music has overtaken theatre as Scotland’s favourite cultural activity. 

Oregon’s Shakespeare festival is a champion for ‘colour conscious’ casting. Charles Isherwood explores why diversity is so key to its organisers.

Friends of the Old Library Trust are holding a range of activities to raise £650k to buy the building and convert it into a community arts space.

According to pressure group The Taxpayers Alliance, the vast majority of the £3.5bn art collection owned by the Government and local authorities is not on display to the public.