Perception and potential
New research suggests young people don’t see the value of creative careers. Caroline Norbury of Creative UK thinks we need to ch…
New research suggests young people don’t see the value of creative careers. Caroline Norbury of Creative UK thinks we need to ch…
Many people in the arts are fiercely antipathetic to fossil fuels. Andrew Montford, director of Net Zero Watch thinks they are bot…
Without equitable access to life enhancing benefits, disabled people’s participation in culture is severely limited, writes the UK…
Every two years, Manchester is transformed into the Manchester International Festival. Its creative director Low Kee Hong thinks i…
Reflecting on a recent panel discussion, David Reece of Baker Richards explores the future of theatre and its role in a rapidly ch…
Next week (7 July), MPs will have the opportunity to debate a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship and to address its im…
Polly Stepan, co-founder and CEO of Restore the Music, shares how she is changing young people’s lives for the better through ac…
Times may be tough, but there’s still much to be inspired by, says Lucy Jamieson of the Arts Marketing Association.
The terrifying acceleration with which our species is modifying the planet requires an equally urgent response to prevent self-des…
Grassroots music has been desperate for government intervention but will the Creative Industries Sector Plan deliver what’s needed…
Audience development is 35 this year. With standstill funding and cultural devolution on the horizon, The Audience Agency’s Anne…
Jan Briers is president of the European Festivals Association which held its most recent summit in Edinburgh. Here he outlines the…
Arts access champion, Andrew Miller, works to make it easier for disabled people to experience the breadth of culture the UK has t…
Creative communities are key to turning spaces into places and they are the real drivers of development, writes Professor Katy Sha…
The charity sector is increasingly asking one urgent question: where has all the funding gone? With a growing sense that tradition…
The key to securing the North’s future as a cultural leader, argues Lynn Haime, CEO of Liverpool’s Baltic Creative, lies in cl…
Splitpixel’s Lauren James is navigating the changing landscape on trans rights in the UK as best as she can – and the arts are…
Within months of coming to power last July, the Labour government put the creative industries at the heart of its growth plans. Ha…
Publishing often pigeonholes writers of colour within racial boundaries. But new platforms like WritersMosaic Quarterly are creati…
Sid Boyer, a young producer at Rising Arts Agency, thinks there is too much hesitancy about handing over governance to a new gener…
Newly appointed chair of The Space, Ri Chakraborty discusses the importance of inclusive boards and the need for hope in dark time…
Boundless Theatre, based in Croydon, runs programmes to support early-career creatives aged 15-25. In a shake-up of its leadership…
Backed by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Visual Arts, a report published this week calls for urgent investment and sets out…
Young people today have to navigate a lot of new challenges. Jordan Veloso from the Pauline Quirke Academy explains why it is so i…