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An ongoing funding bias towards London is denying huge proportions of England’s population fair access to the arts, according to a new independent report by three senior arts figures.
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Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan has set out a vision for creativity in education over the next 10 years.
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Josie Gurney-Read reports on the Your Paintings project which toured 26 masterpieces worth around £14m to schools across the UK.
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Rupert Christiansen asks if half empty theatres should still be subsidised.
Ofqual has indicated that, along with proposed changes to the way GCSE exams are graded, future changes could include subjects such as PE, media studies and drama being ‘renamed’ to...
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Yvonne Farquharson believes that academic research and evaluation are essential to demonstrate the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of arts in health interventions.
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How much has the arts marketing role changed in the last twenty years? Strikingly, says Sarah Chambers, who examines what is now required to market culture.
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New approaches are refreshing our ideas about what constitutes art and science, and new technologies are enabling the blurred boundaries between the two to be broken down, according to Dick Penny and Verity McIntosh.
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Trevor O’Donnell says amateur marketing is so deeply ingrained in the arts the damage it’s doing is not questioned – “give professional marketing a try”.
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Gaining City of Culture status is more than a shallow exercise in cosmetics, says Clive Gillman, as Dundee aspires to the 2017 title.
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Lyn Gardner reflects on refreshing regional theatre opposing ‘homogeneous’ nationwide programming.
Box office sales at the London venue in 2012/13 have increased from £1.1m to nearly £2.2m. Over 106k tickets were sold and the average capacity now stands at 91%.
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The Royal Shakespeare Company saw a 75% rise in box office receipts in 2012/13, despite a £0.8m cut in public subsidy.
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A social media-led website which showcases Glasgow’s visual arts scene has taken first place in the Public Sector category at this year’s Herald Scottish Digital Business Awards.
The new centre, to be built opposite the South Eastern Regional College campus in Bangor, will include a 350-seat theatre and rehearsal studios, along with a technology innovation centre with...
The company plans to install new mirrored rehearsal studios and offices at its Thorp Street base, where the studios have been untouched for 23 years. Arts Council England has granted the project...
BBC boss Tony Hall, who will ultimately decide if a Panorama investigation into charities’ pay and investments can be broadcast, was paid £392,361 in his final year as Chief Executive of...
The Advertising Standards Authority will be targeting UK theatres as part of a nationwide campaign aimed at cracking down on misleading ticket prices. Customers should be given enough information...
The Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre has said that arts education should be delivered by organisations in the cultural sector, rather than waiting for government to improve provision in...
The Turner Prize has opened in Derry, the first time the exhibition has been held outside of England. Director of Tate Britain, Penelope Curtis, said: “Derry was an obvious place to bring the...
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Sir Anthony Caro OM, CBE, has died following a sudden heart attack on Wednesday 23 October.
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JACKIE MCNERNEY is joining the Mayor of London’s Culture team as Cultural Strategy Manager. She has previously worked at the Manchester International Festival and Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, and...
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ANDREW AUGHTON has left his role as Chief Executive at Buxton Opera House after 15 years in post. He said: “Fifteen years in the same role has been a huge pleasure and privilege.”
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Arts People
Katherine Senior, touring theatre company co-founder and actress, names those who have inspired her most.
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Meurig Bowen sees no problem with the current proliferation of festivals in the UK.