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The public funding body's National Council will explore how its race and disability groups can 'continue to develop', with the creation of a gender advisory group also a possibility.
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A non-profit arts organisation is launching a commercial contemporary gallery next month in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, with support from Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council...
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Dance Consortium has appointed CLAIRE MORTON to its new Senior Producer role, taking up post at the membership organisation from mid-June.
Morton previously worked with Dance Consortium...
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The council says Bramhall Hall and its historic collection would be put at risk from the elements without urgent building work.
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A library in Somerset with a specialist performing arts section offering music and drama resources to the public faces closure as the local council looks to save money.
Yeovil Library has more...
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The Science Museum has been criticsed for links with fossil fuel sponsors BP, Equinor and Adani.
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A new multi-purpose arts venue in Worcester has been given the green light by council planners.
The BBC reports that Worcester City Council’s planning committee unanimously granted...
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Cultural organisations across England will receive grants from the latest round of the government's Cultural Investment Fund to support repairs, renovations and digital infrastructure.
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English Heritage is trialling the use of visible body-worn cameras on its staff at four locations in an attempt to discourage antisocial behaviour and crime.
Used at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire,...
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The independent cinema, which closed in 2022, will use the grant to modernise its facilities, offering improved access and facilities.
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St John’s Cambridge is to abolish its mixed-voice choir, with the redundancy of it Director of Music, Graham Walker, the college has announced.
The choir, St John's Voices will close at...
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has welcomed BRIAN COX as its newest patron, joining fellow patron EDDIE IZZARD and honorary President, PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE as ambassadors for the festival...
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The UK music licensing company PPL is marking its 90th anniversary with the launch of an annual £1m strategy to “give back to music”.
PPL Giving will seek to fund initiatives...
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Professor CHRISTOPHER SMITH has been reappointed as Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a further three years.
Announcing the extension of his tenure, UK...
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Cara Pickering and Sarie Mairs Slee examine how place-based collaboration can support innovative, creative-led regeneration of our towns and cities.
14 years of Tory rule have led to access to culture being downgraded, the arts being sidelined in schools, and civic spaces being neglected. Charlotte Higgins suggests three ways for Labour to fix it.
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TR2, the workshop base for Theatre Royal Plymouth, is struggling to find staff to construct sets because of a skills shortage.
The Head of TR2 Brendan Cusack told the BBC that the Covid pandemic...
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Amid the current drive for local authorities to have cultural strategies, Professor Daniel Ashton considers the challenges of trying to align those strategies to changing policy and geographic landscapes.
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Standstill funding, increased employer pension costs and the financial impact of the pandemic are putting England's network of music education hubs under increased pressure.
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Watermans Art Centre will close next month to 'protect the organisation's financial viability' ahead of planned moved to a new site.
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Research from Creative Access has found class discrimination remains an issue in creative workspaces.
Almost three-quarters (74%) of 392 employees in the creative industries and Creative Access...
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Report highlights overall export growth but finds 'striking dichotomy' in the performance of trade in services versus trade in goods for the UK’s creative industries.
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The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is partnering with Tileyard North, a Wakefield-based creative space, to support the North of England’s independent music sector.
The partnership...
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KAREN METCALFE, CEO and Artistic Director of Burnley Youth Theatre (BYT), is stepping down in August to pursue a freelance career in arts strategy and fundraising.
Metcalfe has been at the...
Educational background, social circle, current job and upbringing all impact career trajectories. Now new research from Creative Access sheds light on the pervasive influence of class dynamics in the UK's creative industries.