Wednesday, 04 January 2023
How can issues of identity and belonging be made visible? Dimitra Gkitsa shines a spotlight on artists depicting the complexities of the Albanian migration experience.
Wednesday, 07 December 2022
The cost-of-living crisis has drawn attention to the crucial role of libraries not merely as repositories of knowledge and literature, but for warmth too. The Guardian argues they must be preserved.
Josie Sparling explores some of the ways arts and heritage charities are working to mitigate, minimise and manage the climate crisis.
In this podcast, Dave O’Brien interviews Susan Oman on her book exploring how to understand the science of well-being to inform cultural and social policy, research and practice.
As museum collections continue to come under scrutiny, Mary Harrington says critiques are less a reflection of ‘dismantling’ power than of ‘shifts’ in power relations.
In its new report, Creative United sheds light on the value of creative freelancers to the sector, making recommendations for creative organisations and policymakers.
Thursday, 01 December 2022
After weeks of speculation about the future of Twitter, Adam Koszary asks how cultural organisations might deal with the void left in a Twitter-free world.
Violence against women is a ‘contemporary, circular issue’ but is largely ignored by the UK’s museum sector, argues Charlotte Jansen.
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Amid a brutal Russian onslaught on their culture, identity and history, Ukrainians are resisting by weaponising their art, writes Charlotte Higgins.
AHRC’s ‘Where Next?’ will support six research projects to reflect the imagination and creativity of arts and humanities. Matthew McCallum and Jaideep Gupte invite you to find out more.
In an interview with Julie Long, Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh says widening access to creativity has never been more important.
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Slashing funding to the ENO has no meaningful effect on levelling up but does unnecessary damage to opera, Charlotte Higgins argues.
ACE’s increased investment in the North is a testament to Yorkshire’s flourishing cultural ecosystem, writes Henri Murison.
A study on the Canadian Arts Summit finds a failure of leadership diversity. Charlie Wall-Andrews and Owais Lightwala reflect on what needs to change.
Everyone is a potential advocate for the cultural sector. Richard Watts advises how we can all become better champions for the arts.
ENO’s defunding in the name of levelling up was ‘ill-thought-through’, says Howard Goodall. He thinks opera could be done differently.
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Colleen Dilenschneider compares free with paid museum admission strategies and argues it's not just a cut and dried economic decision.
Some Tory MPs are challenging ACE’s claim to be levelling up while at the same time slashing funding to the underprivileged. Michael Savage reports.
Amy Genders thinks the precarity of freelance labour is not just occupational but is a place-based, policy issue that requires understanding of the geographical context.
Defying persistent calls for the return of looted artefacts, British Museum chair George Osborne says they are staying put, as Tom Seymour reports.