
DCMS faces questions on Covid loan book ‘conflict of interest’
Senior civil servants have faced scrutiny from MPs over whether the management of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Co…
Senior civil servants have faced scrutiny from MPs over whether the management of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Co…
London’s Central School of Ballet is receiving an increase in funding from its long-term supporter, Leverhulme Trust. The multi-…
Mid Wales Opera (MWO) has credited an arts transition and resilience grant from Powys County Council with saving the company from…
A Halifax theatre in receipt of Arts Council England (ACE) funding as part of the National Portfolio has announced it is closing i…
Worcester City Council is considering charging non-residents to visit the city’s museum and art gallery. An entrance fee of £2.50…
Two poetry charities have joined forces following discussions with Arts Council England (ACE) in what is the first merger of two m…
The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) is urging voluntary and community organisations to delay applying to its £362m communi…
French President Emmanuel Macron has said a plan to completely overhaul the Louvre Museum in Paris at a cost of around £675m will…
The share of core funding for arts and culture organisations in Edinburgh and Glasgow is set to fall slightly, following previous…
The Welsh government’s culture committee has said it has “significant concerns” about whether Wales’ Culture Minister Jack…
The Cultural Policy Unit is a new, independent think tank dedicated to formulating bold, imaginative and practical policy ideas in…
As 2025 gets into swing, the year ahead will bring a raft of events that will have significant implications for the arts and cultu…
An Arts Council England investigation into a now revoked Covid-era grant did not determine whether misleading information had or h…
A total of 251 cultural organisations in Scotland will be funded for the next three years through Creative Scotland’s multi-year f…
In response to Nick Hytner’s recent dismissal of the concerns of a new generation of artists as ‘ill-informed’, Chrissie Til…
A Covid-era grant of more than £400,000 has been withdrawn by Arts Council England (ACE) following concerns raised last year over…
The British Council is in danger of disappearing within a decade due to ongoing financial challenges, the organisation’s chief exe…
Without sustainable funding, entire regions risk losing their theatres, sector bodies have warned in response to the publication o…
The Scottish government’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) will be subject to an independent review to find out whether it meets the…
Welsh government budgets should include a “preventative” category of spending that recognises the value of culture in improving ph…
The National Portrait Gallery is facing accusations of nepotism after holding an exhibition of photography by a large donor. The g…
A programme of weekly workshops that supports the professional development of composers, lyricists and librettists working in musi…
An Arts Council England-funded literary agency set up to increase diversity in the publishing industry is to close at the end of M…
A planned redevelopment of a Grade II* listed building in Sheffield city centre earmarked to become a new music hub for the region…