From issue 192
Does money make the world go around? Or is it love that makes the world go round, and sets our hearts aflame? Whichever old song you prefer, you’re bound to find that money is the...
From issue 192
Louise de Winter puts the current shambles in the new visa and immigration system under the spotlight.
From issue 192
Introducing our series on the arts in the recession, François Matarasso asks whether we need a new attitude to culture and society.
From issue 192
The time has come to give governance the attention it deserves, argues David Kershaw.
From issue 192
Matthew Greenall lifts the curtain on his experience of merging four organisations.
From issue 191
Eddie Nixon has been appointed Director of Theatre and Artist Development at The Place. A former dancer, he was previously Associate Director of Theatre and Artist Development at The Place. He will...
From issue 191
Neil Springham explains how art school radicalism can shake up the health service.
From issue 191
Amabel Mortimer reveals how art therapy supports people living with life-threatening conditions.
From issue 191
Patients and carers can benefit from art therapy, Lorraine von Gehlen and Alice Newton have found.
From issue 191
Kate Flannery offers advice from the sector on how to secure a first job. Overleaf a number of young people in their first or second jobs in the arts explain how they got there and what advice they have for people following in their footsteps.
From issue 191
Combatting rejection and frustration eventually resulted in success for Andrew Fletcher.
From issue 191
Jodi Bennett finds that developing skills and researching the possibilities are essential.
From issue 191
Being the youngest means you get plenty of support, Sarah Fell has discovered.
From issue 191
Raising awareness and raising funds became the top priorities for Eugenia Bertin.
From issue 191
Tom Atkins makes the leap into employment by juggling opportunities.
From issue 191
A new coalition aims to beat the recession in the creative industries.
From issue 191
Nine more seaside towns will benefit from the latest round of funding from the Government’s ‘Sea Change’ programme, which aims to reinvigorate England’s coastal resorts...
From issue 191
The DCMS urgently needs to prioritise “improving [its] internal leadership and management” and “needs to do much more to create a clear and widely understood sense of how it adds...
From issue 191
The number of local authorities prioritising culture targets lags well behind those supporting sports, according to an updated report from the DCMS and the Local Government Association. ‘A...
From issue 191
A pledge to “bring informal learning to life” and to use resources and influence “to create and sustain an informal learning culture” has been proposed by the Government in a...
From issue 191
It will become a criminal offence for those barred from working with children or vulnerable adults to seek work with vulnerable groups, and for employers knowingly to employ them, under the...
From issue 191
Childhood encouragement to attend or take part in the arts is almost as strong a factor in determining adult arts engagement as the effect of education, according to a new report, ‘Encourage...
From issue 191
Watford Borough Council has awarded ‘preferred bidder status’ to Qdos Entertainment’s Venues Division, HQ Theatres Ltd to manage Watford Colosseum. The Council hopes an agreement...
The first of ten projects forming the Cultural Olympiad was launched last week, under the heading ‘Artists taking the lead’. Twelve artists will be awarded funds (up to £500,000 for...
From issue 191
Desperate times call for desperate measures. The fact that Martin Bright was able to get a group including the likes of Alan Yentob, Munira Mirza and Lord Puttnam to clear their diaries to talk about...