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REBECCA BALL has been selected as Arts Council England's new Area Director, North, succeeding SARAH MAXFIELD who will step down at the end...
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Former Lord Mayor of London, Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL has been elected to lead Barbican Centre's board of trustees. Sir William has been a...
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GORDON SEABRIGHT has been appointed Chief Executive of London's Horniman Museum and Gardens.  Currently Chief Executive of Creative Land...
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The Heritage Alliance has announced CAROLE SOUTER CBE as its new Chair, succeeding Acting Chair Dr INGRID SAMUEL OBE. Souter will take up...
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Mercury Theatre Colchester has appointed MARK HOULT-ALLEN, RODNEY APPLEYARD, MATT BRINDLEY, HELENA OXLEY, JULIA STEPHEN and PETER TORRES...

Latest Features

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    Northcott Theatre in Exeter has said it will advertise at least one creative role on every production. Creative Director Martin Berry explains the thinking behind it.  

  • Performers on a stage looking up at multiple spotlights

    Evaluation reports in the cultural sector can be packed full of learning. Emma McDowell explores how we might unearth this existing knowledge.

  • Children get creative with clay

    In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation argues that the financial plight of our cultural institutions is undermining their huge impact.

  • ISM demonstration outside Department for Education

    The decimation of arts education has hit the music sector particularly hard. Deborah Annetts of the Independent Society of Musicians calls on government departments to work together to stop the decline.

  • Abstract painting

    As activity this year gathers pace, Michelle Wright explores the many quandaries arts organisations have to navigate in deciding where to focus their fundraising efforts.

  • Metroland studios

    Welcome to Metroland. We are in Brent, London’s fifth largest borough, an urban sprawl and home to 340,000 people. But, as Lois Stonock shares, the cultural infrastructure needs support.

Readers' Comments

The arts and by that I mean comedy writers, comedians, actresses, actors, musicians, dancers, radio DJ's etc should be leading the way...
Posted by Just a Note on A cultural revolution in the arts
Thank you, Rosie, for this thoughtful piece and the excellent work you and Denise are doing. There are so many who support you.
Hear, hear - well said.
Posted by Writersblock on A cultural revolution in the arts
Most of the censorship and self-censorship happens well behind the scenes and well before performances, events, exhibitions are ever staged...
Posted by Jan Macvarish on A cultural revolution in the arts
well it depends on what your 'cause' and work is. You are making your life's work putting tans people under threat of...
Posted by nowordsfindswords on A cultural revolution in the arts
Apart from the overall principle that one would imagine and hope that artists would decry what is effectively censorship of any artist, it...
Posted by CeramicsRUs on A cultural revolution in the arts
Trans people have always existed and will always exist. Why does their flourishing trigger you so much? Amazing how theses bigots who...
Posted by jgillham on A cultural revolution in the arts
This article reads as: 1. Trans people are not humans as we know them - how can we undermine them? 2. We have to get OUR opinions on...
Posted by nowordsfindswords on A cultural revolution in the arts
This is a good and balanced article..it is vital that artists are able to express themselves freely. Having lived and worked in communist...
Thank you for this thoughtful and heartfelt piece. The hyperbolic first comment- it’s hard to believe the author read the piece- shows the...
Posted by Rachel Bell on A cultural revolution in the arts

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