What the arts can learn from Toyota: Cultivating a culture of creative resilience
Amid funding cuts, operational challenges and shifting audience behaviours, David Reece explores how the arts can take inspiration…
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DCMS pledges to keep Tate afloat as it attempts to cut costs
Tate has been told it will be given central government support to stay afloat as it attempts to move to a financially sustainable…
Government plans to scrap Theatres Trust role in planning decisions
The government has announced plans to end the requirement for Theatres Trust to be consulted on planning decisions related to cult…
The devolution will not be televised
… or live-streamed. Five years after the Covid lockdowns, Jason Jones-Hall argues that the best way to understand, appreciate an…
The lessons we learned from Covid – then forgot
In the first of our series reflecting on the pandemic five years on, Splitpixel’s Lauren James is sad that some of the lessons l…
Major DCMS-backed initiative to boost sector profitability to launch
A ‘groundbreaking’ three-year initiative to enhance the profitability and sustainability of organisations across arts, culture and…
Coventry Culture Trust: Administrators rule out legal action due to ‘risk and cost’
Administrators investigating the collapse of Coventry City of Culture Trust will not pursue legal action, saying the “risks and co…
Reshaping public discourse around migration
As the landscape of research collaboration evolves, NCACE’s Suzie Leighton examines how research can fuel creative activism – wi…
A museum honouring the history of migration
Despite a world-class museum sector and a complex history of migration, Britain does not have a permanent museum exploring the mov…
ACE loses second ‘gender beliefs’ tribunal case
An Arts Council England (ACE) employee who resigned during an investigation into comments she made supporting trans rights was unf…
CreaTech: A lever for growth?
A new report on the intersection of creativity and technology – CreaTech – is published this week. Its findings, according to…
Making a difference in cultural policy
The Cultural Policy Unit is a new, independent think tank dedicated to formulating bold, imaginative and practical policy ideas in…
Key dates for the arts sector in 2025
As 2025 gets into swing, the year ahead will bring a raft of events that will have significant implications for the arts and cultu…
Crafts Council magazine closes after more than 50 years
The Crafts Council has closed its twice-yearly Crafts magazine due to “ever-rising costs” and declining advertising revenue. T…
Theatres under threat across ‘entire regions’ as council venues added to at-risk list
Without sustainable funding, entire regions risk losing their theatres, sector bodies have warned in response to the publication o…
Legislative theatre and the civil society covenant
Katy Rubin, director of The People Act, considers how to bring government and citizens together into creative collaboration for ef…
Can arts charity workers have a voice?
Due to new Charity Commission guidance and increased demands from funders, charity trustees are facing new challenges, says Cause4…
Grantium: ACE pledges detail on improvements by spring
Arts Council England has promised changes to the user experience of its much-maligned funding portal Grantium, which it says will…
Speech Debelle told to pay £10,000 to ACE over failed race discrimination claim
Mercury Prize-winning musician Speech Debelle has been ordered to pay Arts Council England nearly £10,000 in costs after claims b…
Valuing culture in a transformational economy
In the face of all the financial pressures confronting our sector, Stephen Dobson of the Centre for Cultural Value argues that the…
The power of the imagination
The culture sector has suffered years of neglect. But David Micklem is infused with optimism about what might lie ahead.
Staying ahead: EDI policy developments
Continuing our series exploring issues around EDI, Samantha Stimpson, founder of SLS 360, outlines the most important policy devel…
The cultural data revolution
In the last article in his series exploring the role of data in the arts, David Reece considers what a ‘cultural data revolution…
National Lottery at 30: Unacknowledged legacy
This week marks 30 years since the start of the National Lottery, which has raised more than £50bn for good causes over those dec…
