DCMS to spend £1.5bn in ‘serious’ uplift to capital funding
A “bumper” £1.5 billion package will “restore national pride” and save more than 1,000 arts venues, museums, and libraries from c…
A “bumper” £1.5 billion package will “restore national pride” and save more than 1,000 arts venues, museums, and libraries from c…
Culture minister Ian Murray has diagnosed the “number one issue in the country at the moment” to be a lack of “community spirit”….
Financial management of state-sponsored museums and galleries, including increased reliance on visitor income and reserves, was a…
The chief operating officer of annual literary fixture the Hay Festival has said major events like his own will likely see sponsor…
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has pushed back against suggestions funding for arts and culture, more of which is expected to be ann…
In 2011, the artist Bob and Roberta Smith painted his now infamous painting Letter to Michael Gove, in which he advocated for art…
Justine Simons has said her “North Star” is to make sure everyone in London can lead a “creative life”, as a “participant, an audi…
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is to channel £2.2 million of funding into the capital’s Creative Enterprise Zones (CEZs), with the su…
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has declined to confirm when its promised freelance champion might be named. Cr…
The Federation of Scottish Theatres (FST) has called on the Scottish government to increase culture funding to 1% of its total bud…
Applications for the UK’s first ever Town of Culture contest will be open until 31 March this year, with three main criteria to he…
The Scottish government has reaffirmed its pledge to increase cultural spending by £20 million as part of its draft budget announ…
Plymouth has become the first to confirm its ambition to become UK City of Culture 2029, with the chief executive of museum and ar…
Communities could lose their “only form of cultural provision” if Chancellor Rachel Reeves pursues increases to business rates, a…
Government capital schemes for local regeneration are creating “inflationary pressures” for heritage organisations because there i…
Scores of leaders from across the arts and cultural sector, including celebrated Dames Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Joanna Lumley…
The British Library has confirmed it ‘looks forward’ to exploring the Arts Council England (ACE) review proposals, despite an…
Climate activists have criticised a report into Arts Council England (ACE) as “ill-evidenced, sweeping, and against current majo…
The foundation of a national philanthropy register could improve transparency and better measure the success of mixed funding mode…
The year ahead will bring a raft of events that have significant implications for the arts and culture sector. Here, we take a loo…
The Hodge review of Arts Council England resembles a Christmas wish list, but who stands to get their presents? asks Robin Can…
The government has announced a fresh line-up for its Creative Industries Council (CIC), intended to better represent a range of su…
Arts Council England (ACE) has launched an advisory group, formed of artists and industry professionals, to shape how the governme…
Arts Council England (ACE) has acknowledged its implementation of the 10-year strategy aimed at bringing “world-class art and cu…