Mainstreaming equality

Image of Peace Bridge
19 Nov 2013

How has Northern Ireland’s cultural sector responded to equality and community relations since the Good Friday Agreement? Nicole McNeilly finds out.

A simple proposition

07 Nov 2013

Peter Stark, Christopher Gordon and David Powell provide a personal reflection on reactions to Rebalancing Our Cultural Capital, their analysis of England’s regional funding landscape.

New figures reveal the true extent of the London/regions divide

London from above
30 Oct 2013

An ongoing funding bias towards London is denying huge proportions of England’s population fair access to the arts, according to a new independent report by three senior arts figures.

Wales considers creativity-focused curriculum

'Start' Theatre By the Lake - school children involved in a theatre workshop
25 Sep 2013

An arts-rich approach to teaching could be a “game-changer” for education in Wales, according to a new report.

Anti-poverty goals climb the arts agenda

Stormont, Belfast
19 Aug 2013

The culture ministries in Wales and Northern Ireland have set out plans to put social inclusion at the heart of their policy-making.

Mind the gap!

01 Jul 2013

Think it’s time to merge Lottery funding with Grant in Aid to plug the arts funding gap? Think again, says Christopher Gordon.

Report comes out fighting for economic benefits of the arts

08 May 2013

Arts Council report provides economic ballast in the run-up to a Government spending review.

Creating the big society

Image of bannners
11 Apr 2013

Sarah Stannage asks whether we can be confident that individuals and communities will step forward to support the development of local creative economies.

Arts sector is “scaremongering” says Minister

Ed Vaizey
14 Mar 2013

Vaizey's rejects any notion of 'the arts in crisis' but local authority survey findings tell a different story.

A true snapshot of life?

06 Feb 2013

Following her coverage of the national  well-being debate and the exclusion of culture from the Office of National Statistics’ measures, Susan Oman looks at its most recent report and discusses what it might signify for culture’s future role in the UK.

Shifting public opinion

Woman walking past graffiti of multicoloured hearts
03 Jan 2013

A national campaign for the arts should first and foremost aim to win the public’s hearts and minds, says Liz Hill.

Culture Secretary backs charitable giving report

30 Nov 2012

Maria Miller says arts organisations fall short in their efforts to secure legacy giving.

Job Ladder

Mark Da Vanzo
27 Nov 2012

Mark Da Vanzo tells us what he has learnt from his varied career.

The public debate that was never ours

10 Sep 2012

Susan Oman says the measures for assessing national wellbeing will be irrelevant before we even begin measuring

London leads as a city of culture

23 Jul 2012

The cultural offers of the world’s most important cities, and the policy structures behind them, is the focus of a new report

Cultural economy

11 Jun 2012

Yvette Vaughan Jones looks towards a Creative Europe 2014 – and beyond

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