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More than €5m has been awarded to UK organisations to lead collaborative projects by the European Commission's revamped funding programme.
Sound and Music’s Susanna Eastburn has accused the BBC of undervaluing new music and assuming audiences won’t like it, pointing out that a number of new pieces have been cut from...
After hearing it will lose 35% of its National Portfolio funding for 2015-18, supporters of The Black-E are travelling to the headquarters of Arts Council England to stage a “peaceful, joyful...
Almost three-quarters of employees in the arts and culture sector admit to having made exaggerated claims on expenses forms – three times the national average – according to research by...
The Barbican is under fire over a planned installation featuring live models, including a black man in a cage, which reflects on the 19th century phenomenon of the human zoo.
In an open letter, Aurélie Filippetti says she has been forced to choose loyalty to her ideals over loyalty to the government following an “unprecedented decline” in the Ministry of...
From issue 276
The Wales Council for Voluntary Action has appointed RUTH MARKS as its new Chief Executive. The current Director of Care and Development at Reach replaces GRAHAM BENFIELD, who stood down after 25...
From issue 276
As the dust stirred up by Arts Council England’s latest National Portfolio funding announcement settles, ITC’s Charlotte Jones looks at the growing wealth gap between large and small arts organisations.
HM Revenue & Customs has told advertising mail suppliers that they can no longer combine postage and production costs to cut out VAT liabilities for charities. The move means that charities face...
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Edge Hill University’s new Head of Performing Arts is DAVID PEIMER. His career in academia, writing and directing has included positions at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg...
Reforms released for consultation by the Department for Education could see child actors given shorter breaks and allowed to work longer hours. Earlier this year Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that he...
From issue 276
Veteran theatre producer Thelma Holt discusses the past and future with Andrew Dickson.
VisitEngland’s Annual Attractions Survey reports a 5% increase in visits to all attractions, ranging from galleries to theme parks. The proportion of organisations offering digital...
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has smashed the two million ticket sales barrier for the first time. The 12% increase at the box office matches an 11% surge in the number of shows in the official...
SoundCloud, the world's number 2 streaming music service behind YouTube, is planning to take advertising and charge subscriptions to pay royalties to rights-holders.
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The new Head of Public Performance at music licensing company PPL will be SARAH MITCHELL, who joins from Eurostar International Limited. AMANDA CARMICHAEL, who was previously Director of Membership...
From issue 276
LAURA GREENFIELD, currently Head of Development at Cambridge Arts Theatre, is leaving for a new role as Associate Director of Fundraising for Cambridge University Library.
A survey has found that cultural attractions in London are the most expensive of 12 European cities, despite some art galleries and museums being free. Prices are more than three times those of...
Organisers are drawing up plans to spread the benefits of the city's festivals more widely across the city and across Scotland.
Ministers and cultural leaders should champion cultural investment by the public and private sector, says a new report by the British Council, published to coincide with the second...
From issue 276
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The contribution that the cultural sector can make to the planning, design and animation of the public realm and architecture should be reinforced, according to an independent review commissioned by the Culture Minister.
From issue 276
A massive overhaul of the California state and local correctional system has seen a system-wide sea-change with an emphasis on rehabilitative programmes - including the arts. Craig Watson tells the story.
Jerusalem-based Incubator Theatre, whose Edinburgh show was cancelled after protests over Gaza, will begin a series of shows in London and Leeds. Fringe organisers have been warned over setting a...
From issue 276
What happens when you take two three-year-olds and two five-year-olds to see a postmodernist art exhibition? Sally Saunders shares her experience.
Hepworth's 'Rock Form' was removed from a Wolverhampton shopping centre in June, and local residents fear that it will be sold separately when the Mander Centre is redeveloped.