Let’s Create: The high watermark for inclusion in the arts?
After eight years in post, Andrew Miller is stepping down as a National Council member of Arts Council England and as chair of its…
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Arts Council leader Andrew Miller departs funding body
Disability advocate ANDREW MILLER is to step down from his role as chair of Arts Council England’s Disability Advisory Committee…
Arts organisations must show ‘solidarity’ amid anti-refugee threats, open letter urges
The culture sector risks tipping into “self-censorship” if organisations become too fearful to show solidarity to refugees, mi…
Disability charity signals ‘renewed’ belief in its mission with trio of recruits
An organisation committed to connecting disabled people with the music and live event industries has announced a raft of appointme…
Disabled-led arts organisation welcomes new trustees to drive advocacy, innovation and visibility
DASH (Disability Arts in Shropshire) has appointed four new trustees with expertise spanning the cultural, arts and education sect…
Creative workers compelled to hide personal information amid ‘archaic’ hiring culture
Around half of disabled creative industry workers feel they must conceal information about a life commitment, situation, or diagno…
Women face culture of ‘fear and silence’ around health in theatre
A “power through” mentality is pressuring women working in theatre to remain resilient rather than ask for help, a report claims….
Arts Pay Survey 2025: Working-class women uneasy ‘being themselves’ at work
Women from working-class backgrounds in the arts sector are less likely to feel comfortable being themselves at work than other de…
ACE welcomes equity champion as Midlands area chair
PAWLET BROOKES MBE has been appointed as the Midlands area chair for Arts Council England by Secretary of State for Culture, Media…
Black History Month anchors launch of company committed to ‘shaping future of new writing’
A writing development and theatre company launched with the commencement of Black History Month is to “address the challenges” fac…
Funding cuts will drive class divide, theatre leader claims
Stratford East executive director Hanna Streeter has warned of an “ever-increasing disparity” between those educated in the privat…
US court finds arts grant recipients free to ignore Trump’s ‘gender ideology’ order
A Rhode Island federal judge has agreed it is “unconstitutional” for National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants to satisfy a…
Arts Pay Survey 2025: Working class less likely to enter sector via internships and family help
Just over 30% of arts workers – who do not identify as working class – say their family’s financial backing helped support their e…
Culture sector lagging on diverse leadership, Creative UK reports
Just 6% of those in higher-level managerial and administrative roles in the heritage sector come from an ethnic minority backgroun…
NDA reforms must do more to protect music sector freelancers, Commons committee warns
The government must ensure non-disclosure agreement (NDA) reforms protect those in the “most vulnerable positions” in the music in…
Talent, not tolerance: The music industry must do better for marginalised artists
Musicians who don’t fit traditional moulds still face barriers that inhibit their careers. The industry must do better, writes A…
Key events for the arts sector in autumn 2025
As students make their final preparations to get back to the grind and Parliament returns from recess for Labour’s sophomore year,…
RSC and Sadler’s Wells sign up to trial ‘safer’ sector standards
The Royal Shakespeare Company and Wales Millennium Centre are among the “trailblazing” organisations to pilot a set of standards a…
Performing arts for life
Gavin Oldham, chair of The Share Foundation, passionately believes in the power of the performing arts to help young people in car…
JK Rowling row prompts one-year pause on LGBTQ+ book prize
An annual book prize promoting LGBTQ+ literature has been cancelled after several authors asked to be removed from the awards proc…
A framework for inclusion
The launch of an Inklusion Guide in 2022 offered something rare in UK publishing: a practical, free and disabled-led framework for…
Freedom in the Arts challenges university over trans-inclusive advice
A free speech campaign committed to challenging what its leaders perceive to be a censorious arts sector is disputing the validity…
Museum staff to strike after claims bosses reneged on gender parity pay uplift
Staff at an industrial museum in West Yorkshire have voted to strike after alleging management rescinded a pay deal that union off…
A bold blueprint for systemic change
For more than a decade Paraorchestra has been championing equity for disabled musicians. Its chief executive, Jonathan Harper, ref…
