You wouldn’t know we’re in a recession if you looked only at London’s theatres, galleries and museums, says Munira Mirza. Attendances are up, new shows are opening and the cultural life of the UK is still buzzing.
London’s status as the centre of global finance may have taken a knock, but its role as a cultural metropolis is stronger than ever. Many of the world’s finest writers, theatre directors, musicians, choreographers and visual artists choose to live and work in the capital, as do 90,000 students from almost every country on Earth. We have four UNESCO world heritage sites, 400 music venues, more museums than Paris and more major theatres than New York. Seven out of ten tourists cite... more
Organisations strive to recruit the right member of staff, but an altogether different set of rules prevails for trustee recruitment. Rick Bond thinks that the struggle to find a new trustee often outweighs the need to freshen up the board.
New research paints a depressing picture of the sector’s response to our political future. John Nicholls calls for more coherent lobbying for the future of the arts.
Catherine Rose responds to readers’ feedback and calls for more of your questions.
Graham Devlin and Nicola Thorold summarise their essay that asks whether arts organisations could deliver better if they weren’t charities.
You wouldn’t know we’re in a recession if you looked only at London’s theatres, galleries and museums, says Munira Mirza. Attendances are up, new shows are opening and the cultural life of the UK is still buzzing.
The success of much arts work is dependent on the structures and personnel in place in the local council at any one time. Sherrell Perkin highlights the importance of co-ordinators.
Theatre companies visiting schools are doing well. But Paul Harman is worried that, thanks to new rules and recessionary pressures, school visits to arts venues are suffering. What can be done?
New technology, when handled well, can aid interactive learning for schoolchildren in galleries, Neil Dymond-Green believes.