A hostile environment for artists?
Welcome to Metroland. We are in Brent, London’s fifth largest borough, an urban sprawl and home to 340,000 people. But, as L…
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A new kind of cultural destination
Sadler’s Wells is a world-leading creative organisation dedicated to dance. Eimear Hanratty explains how O’Donnell+Tuo…
Creative exchange: Dancing with MS
Continuing our series on the theme of arts, health and wellbeing, Ruby Wolk shares the success of a Royal Opera House Creative Exc…
Working towards greater environmental sustainability
As cultural organisations are looking for new ways to reduce their carbon emissions, Kate Harvey reports on a remarkable 10 year j…
Connection comes from collaboration
Making digital connections to create immersive work played to all our strengths, Sarah Ellis writes.
Embracing the art of the possible
The theatre industry needed a champion in a time of crisis. National Theatre Scotland answered the call and it’s not turning…
Sustaining mental health in the community
With 30 years’ experience of arts and mental health delivery, darts is very familiar with the key ingredients of an effectiv…
Turning Chester into a City of Art
Anastasia Tilston explains how a new community-led company in Chester is making space for artists in the city centre, with pop-up…
Do better in order to be better
How can the sector better support its Black, Asian and ethnically diverse creative practitioners and workforce? Eclipse Theatre&rs…
What we’ve learned from car parks about boosting attendance
A flexible pricing experiment caused the Weserburg Museum of Modern Art's visitor numbers to soar while maintaining steady inc…
Creative wellbeing for the Windrush generation
Pauline Bailey looks back on a project that developed social confidence and artistic expression among Birmingham's BAME elders…
Making sense of Grenfell through art
Susan Rudnik explains how a community-led art psychotherapy service is helping those affected by the trauma of the Grenfell Tower…
The learning revolution: how learning departments are driving cultural change
How can cultural spaces become spaces of learning? And how can learning spaces become cultural spaces? Jenny Mollica reflects on t…
Bonding with the Bard: how Shakespeare brought East Londoners closer together
Can theatres really forge deep and meaningful connections with their local communities across age, class and ethnicity? Douglas Ri…
Changing the narrative in East Leeds
It’s been five years since Heads Together opened Chapel FM in East Leeds. Linda Strudwick looks at what can be achieved from…
‘We raise each other up’: supporting a new generation of writers
New Writing North is helping young people in some of the region's most socio-economically disadvantaged areas express themselv…
A welcoming space for affordable training
The lack of affordable skills-based training and opportunities to learn from others makes it much harder for people from disadvant…
Celebrating local excellence
We spend too much time trying to learn lessons from cities and apply them in other places, argues Brendan Keaney. It’s time…
‘Thank you for encouraging me to express myself’: how the arts are supporting mental health in schools
Two secondary schools in the North East have used the creative arts to help students explore their emotions, reports Elvie Thompso…
Celebrating the hyper-local
From family births to DIY successes, greasy spoons to local DJs, a collaborative project has been celebrating local radio on high…
Working on our terms – not yours
Jon Adams explains how a Portsmouth-based project aims to become a national hub of excellence led by and for neurodivergent a…
‘I want to take the emotional risk’: getting men to open up about mental health
Restoke anticipated difficulties getting local men to talk about their mental wellbeing – then 170 of them responded to its…
Giving all children access to the arts: Finland’s plan for cultural education
Every teenager in Finland will get free visits local and national arts institutions, thanks to the country’s “innovati…
10 tips for making collaborative leadership work
An approach that prioritises trust, values and flexibility has helped museums in Cornwall share knowledge and expertise across a d…
