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Consumer habits are changing; we now increasingly purchase our music, books, clothing, groceries and gadgets online. The days of shopping being confined to 9-5 are long gone, now turned into a 24/7...
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From the BBC: Could cuts to arts and creativity funding lead to no-frills schools?
Good morning, boys and girls. Welcome to your first day at Back to Basics High School, your new, no-frills...
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GRAHAM SHEFFIELD has resigned from the post of Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District for health reasons.
PAUL ILES has succeeded LORD SHUTT of Greetland as Chairman of...
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Helen Thomas suggests that the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad offers a huge opportunity for voluntary arts practitioners
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Alexandra Bennett and Miranda Stearn describe the challenges of planning for the Cultural Olympiad in an Outer London borough on the ‘wrong’ side of the city
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The Unlimited fund has opened up new avenues for Deaf and disabled artists. Ben Rothera profiles the work of Jez Colborne, recipient of one of the first commissions
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Charlotte Brennan explains how a Cultural Olympiad dance project will leave a lasting legacy
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Marge Ainsley advocates putting young people at the heart of the curatorial process
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Universities are getting involved in the Cultural Olympiad too, says Cara Courage
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Hunt holds out his hat to philanthropists in efforts to boost giving to the arts
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"A project dedicated to the health and well-being of top level dancers is gathering momentum. A £30,000 donation from Harlequin Floors brings the reality of the UK’s first...
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Five arts organisations reached their fundraising targets for the week within hours of the opening of The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2010 (see AP219 and AP214). Birmingham Royal Ballet...
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Analysis of six years of box office data from 12 London-based orchestras and concert halls has revealed that audiences for orchestral music are more loyal, are likely to attend more frequently...
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London is the heart of the creative industries in Britain, dominating almost all of the creative sectors, according to new research from the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (...
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The House of Lords was the venue for Feelgood Theatre Productions’s play about one young woman’s experience of slavery in Sudan. Hosted by Lord David Alton of Liverpool, the cast of...
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A line-up of high profile artists will headline the 12-week London 2012 Festival – the finale of the four-year Cultural Olympiad programme currently running across the UK (see pp5–7...
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Ensuring that young people from poorer backgrounds have better opportunities to access the creative industries is one of the key aims of a call for the Government to back a National Internship...
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“Don’t moan, organise…” was the rallying cry from Arts Council England (ACE) Chair, Dame Liz Forgan, in a speech on The Changing UK Arts Landscape at Tate’s Family...
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A public-private sector publishing collaboration is set to promote Northern Ireland’s new and established writers in Northern Ireland through a series of tours in arts centres, tourism centres...
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Economic valuation techniques already used in central government and recommended by the Treasury should also be used by the cultural sector to demonstrate its value to central government, according...
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The arts and culture are not mentioned at all in the Localism Bill, which was published this week by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. Despite earlier rumours, it appears that cultural activity is...
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Tolstoy identified art as an indirect means to communicate from one person to another; Britannica online defines art as the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects,...
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The majority of ACW funded clients are set to gain as cash for the arts increases by 17%