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White people comprised 84% of the publishing workforce last year - 2% less than in 2017 - according to a 700 person survey by Publishers Weekly. Non-white respondents were about twice as likely to say their work was unfulfilling (30%) and that they expect to be in the same position in their company in two years' time. Women still dominate the industry as 80% of its workers, compared to 19% who were men and 1% non-binary.

Campaigners say MathsAlive!, an interactive exhibit aimed at children aged seven and up, promotes its presenter, arms manufacturer Raytheon. Several human rights groups have alleged its weapons are being used by Saudi-led forces against Yemeni citizens. Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade says the RAF Museum "should not be providing [Raytheon] with a marketing platform to airbrush its long history of fuelling atrocities and arming dictatorships". The company and museum have defended their partnership, saying the exhibit is educational "regardless of ideology".

'The Drinker', Banksy's scultpure satirising 'The Thinker', could fetch up to £1m. There is a dispute over the work's ownership: Banksy left the sculpture in central London where Andy Link, leader of the Art Kieda political art group, found it and took it home. The statue went missing from Link's property three years ago and will be sold by an unknown 'owner' at Southeby's this week.

Bloody Sunday Trust has been ordered to pay £210,000 to contractors involved in the redevelopment of the Museum of Free Derry. The trust had refused to pay fees to a group of construction firms, claiming they were excessive and raising allegations of fraud. The High Court, however, has ruled that the trust was "unable to raise an issue or question to be tried" and said the plaintiffs were entitled to the money they claimed.

Actor Sir Lenny Henry has criticsed the Bournemouth Pavilion for decorating its dressing room with an old advertisement depicting black tribal caricatures, tweeting "I heartily recommend SHAFT or SILVER STREAK. Or even HOWARDS END…but not this". The theatre has since removed the poster.