Harper Ray explains how Globe Education is producing education resources that are as vivid for those further afield as for those attending the production
Geography has been no barrier to artistic ambition for Lakes Alive, the international Cultural Olympiad programme bringing street arts to Cumbria. Jeremy Shine describes the collaboration at its heart
From pop-up to permanent, Jay Miller explains what it was like opening a theatre in Hackney Wick, alongside poverty, diversity and the ultimate force of change: the Olympics
East London is home to a new Pleasure Garden. Garfield Hackett explains how he turned a derelict site into a hub for creativity and leisure, and a commercial prospect for the local community
There is a long history of land art at Grizedale Forest. Hayley Skipper explains how a partnership between the Arts Council and the Forestry Commission is continuing the tradition
Clive Parkinson sees the danger of arts/health practice becoming a “bland cultural sub-species, offering the marginalised a transient feel-good factor”, watered down to fit the paymasters’ needs
Julia Rowntree, with Russell Willis Taylor and Anna Ledgard, reveal how a focus on practical and effective ways to create real value can sit at the heart of successful fundraising
In a drive for financial sustainability, many arts organisations have been thinking of restructuring, but the regulations covering the treatment of staff under these circumstances are complex. Peter Shand explains
In 2009, Monica Ferguson proposed to Arts Council England that what Milton Keynes needed was a 10-day festival to shake up the status quo and help visitors, residents and businesses look differently at one of the UK’s newest towns. She tells the story
