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HM KING CHARLES and HM QUEEN CAMILLA have accepted patronages from several arts organisations following a review of charities supported by...
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JULIE KENNY will join Sheffield Theatres as its new Chair in July. An entrepreneur based in South Yorkshire, Kenny founded Pyronix Limited...
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Royal Ballet School (RBS) has made three new appointments to its Board of Governors, welcoming SARAH DORFMAN, EDWARD WATSON and ALISTAIR...
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The League of Independent Producers has announced that REBECCA GWYTHER and RAMIN SABI have been elected to its board, while HANNA OSMOLSKA...
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Dance Umbrella Festival will adopt a co-CEO model, with the appointments of current Artistic Director and CEO FREDDIE OPOKU-ADDAIE and...

Latest Features

  • Performers on a stage looking up at multiple spotlights

    Evaluation reports in the cultural sector can be packed full of learning. Emma McDowell explores how we might unearth this existing knowledge.

  • Graphic showing aerial view of people holding hands in concentric circles/a spiral

    You may not have met a philanthropy advisor before, but it is a growing profession, so be ready. Emma Beeston, who’s been one for ten years, explains how they work and why they can be helpful for your organisation.

  • People on a outdoor trek

    Introducing an ambitious initiative at a time when subsidised arts organisations are being asked to do less seems like madness. But for Slung Low it is a natural next step in their exploration of where civic responsibility meets cultural capital, writes Rachel Perry.

  • Chris Cuming surrounded by young people

    Chris Cuming is the newly appointed Artistic Director of the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT). With a background in dance and production, he reveals the people and places who have inspired his career. 

  • A group of people listening to a speaker

    Northcott Theatre in Exeter has said it will advertise at least one creative role on every production. Creative Director Martin Berry explains the thinking behind it.  

  • Children get creative with clay

    In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Foundation argues that the financial plight of our cultural institutions is undermining their huge impact.

Readers' Comments

Good news. Stonewall have been providing inaccurate information in their training and information packs - focusing in the law as they would...
Rosie Kay is a dancer not a writer but, like her dancing, her writing comes from the heart and is grounded in her personal experiences....
Posted by Margaret E on A cultural revolution in the arts
Great article, thank you Rosie for having the strength to speak up. The Arts are indeed truly lost when a ‘minority’ has so much clout - on...
Posted by Fondue Lover on A cultural revolution in the arts
A breath-takingly incoherent take from nowords here, but when you boil away the insults and the ranting the comment is best summed up in...
Posted by Frankafka on A cultural revolution in the arts
We have supported artists and their freedom to free expression since 2009. When we started people could understand why, why in London. We...
Posted by Agnieszka Kołek on A cultural revolution in the arts
Absolutely this. Hopefully more people will feel able to speak up now the Cass Report has been published. We are sick of being silenced.
I know a writer who had a book deal cancelled and an actor who keeps losing work because they hold there are 2 sexes and women are...
Posted by Suppressedvoice on A cultural revolution in the arts
Thanks for publishing this excellent article. Remember when singer Roisin Murphy got piled on for saying puberty blockers were '...
Posted by Dee Mon on A cultural revolution in the arts
Great article. This is exactly what is happening in the arts. The usual suspects no doubt will be along shortly to whine ‘transphobia’ but...
Posted by Author26 on A cultural revolution in the arts
Just to be clear, my previous reply of “hear hear, well said” was to Frankafka for her “very revealing” comment! 100% agree with that.
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