Angela Rayner asks local council about industrial heritage centre’s mooted sale
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has weighed in on the proposed sale of a vacant heritage centre, encouraging its local council…
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Norwich Castle to reopen after five years of costly revamp
A castle commissioned by the French duke who won rule over England in the Battle of Hastings is to welcome visitors this week afte…
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Staff at an industrial museum in West Yorkshire have voted to strike after alleging management rescinded a pay deal that union off…
Arts centre’s £25m makeover secures green light
Ambitions to make Berwick’s Maltings a flagship culture centre have won council approval, with the venue to gain two cinema screen…
Dozens of heritage projects share in £15m ‘at risk’ fund
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has named 37 heritage projects across England that will share in more than £15 millio…
Creativity needs a village: The case for cultural clusters
Creative ecosystems don’t spring up overnight. They emerge where space is accessible, infrastructure is strong, and diverse neig…
The elephant in the corridor
When it comes to culture and the creative industries, any new government strategy provokes new questions. The latest Creative Indu…
Lowestoft post office to reopen as arts venue next year
Restoration work on a former post office in Lowestoft has been completed ahead of its transformation into a visual arts space. The…
Fund for North East creative businesses reopens
A fund dedicated to supporting creative businesses across the North East of England has relaunched. The next round of the North Ea…
BRIT Awards moves outside London for first time
The BRIT Awards will be hosted in Manchester in 2026 and 2027. The city’s Co-op Live venue has signed a deal to stage the next t…
Arts centre’s future to be decided by citizens’ panel
An arts centre in Barking has launched an initiative to create a citizens’ panel to inform its plans to reopen. The Galleon Arts…
Cultural infrastructure should be recognised as ‘essential’, British Academy says
Policymakers urgently need to recognise social and cultural spaces as essential infrastructure for economic growth and social incl…
Neglected buildings in English town centres to benefit from Heritage Revival Fund
Neglected historic buildings in town centres across England are set to benefit from a new £4.85m fund that has opened for applica…
City of Culture runners-up create ‘positive’ legacies
Cities that were unsuccessful in their bids to become UK City of Culture (UKCoC) or European Capital of Culture (ECoC) say the app…
London mayor announces £10m boost for creative industries
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has promised to invest more than £10m into the UK capital’s cultural and creative industries over th…
Liverpool theatre to reopen after £1m revamp
Epstein Theatre in Liverpool is to reopen this year with new leaseholders and a new management team, with £1m being ploughed into…
English Heritage launches poetry initiative
A pilot project to celebrate England’s everyday heritage through poetry has been launched by English Heritage. The initiative, w…
Worcester co-creation initiatives awarded £800k
Arts Council England has awarded Worcester a grant of £800,000 to support co-creation initiatives across the city. Funded through…
Heritage-led regeneration ‘can revitalise high streets’
A government-backed initiative to regenerate high streets through community engagement and cultural events provided an economic bo…
Arts funding: Why now is the time for philanthropy
Figurative is a not-for-profit organisation exploring inventive business and funding models for the cultural and creative sector….
From setback to strategic renewal: How Havering is rewriting the rules
Mathew Russell and David Shearing are directors of Havering London. When their bid for London Borough of Culture was unsuccessful,…
BFI awards funding for film and TV skills package
A new skills package designed to support creatives in the West of England will launch in Bristol after receiving funding from the…
Operator named for Bradford Live
Bradford Council has named Trafalgar Entertainment as the operator for the recently-restored music venue Bradford Live. The compan…
Labour commits £64m of levelling-up funding for UK culture projects
The government has confirmed £64m funding for nine UK culture projects, despite warning in its Autumn Budget that it was “minde…
