Equity pushes for increased funding for arts in Northern Ireland
The performers’ union Equity has used its annual conference to campaign for a real-terms increase in funding for Arts Council Nort…
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Cultural infrastructure should be recognised as ‘essential’, British Academy says
Policymakers urgently need to recognise social and cultural spaces as essential infrastructure for economic growth and social incl…
Goodbye DCMS? Government ‘considering abolition’ of department
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) could be “abolished” with its responsibilities split between three other go…
Gender guidance on toilet use ‘harmful and impractical’, arts leaders say
More than 1,600 figures in the arts and culture sector have signed a letter saying they are “unable and unwilling to police the ge…
Employment rights exemption for struggling arts organisations proposed in parliament
Struggling arts organisations could be given an exemption from proposed legislation to end zero-hours contracts and boost workers’…
V&A settles with former employee dismissed over ‘bullying’ behaviour
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) has settled a compensation case with a former technician who won a claim for unfair dis…
Serota warns of political interference in arts if ACE is abolished
Arts Council England (ACE) chair Nicholas Serota has defended the continued existence of the organisation following the announceme…
Union criticises blanket court ruling to halt ‘torturous’ busking in Leicester Square
Performers’ union Equity has called a court ruling ordering Westminster Council to stop noisy buskers in and around London’s Lei…
US culture cuts: Grants worth millions cancelled
Thousands of US culture and history programmes awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have had their fu…
Arts Council Wales announces immediate funding increases
Arts organisations that receive multi-year support from Arts Council Wales (ACW) will receive an additional 3.5% in funding for th…
Inequalities in school arts take-up labelled a ‘national scandal’
Children living in the most deprived parts of England are less likely to study expressive arts subjects at GCSE and A Level, accor…
Liverpool theatre to reopen after £1m revamp
Epstein Theatre in Liverpool is to reopen this year with new leaseholders and a new management team, with £1m being ploughed into…
Disabled audiences report struggles with online ticket booking
Disabled audience members are nine times more likely to struggle with an online booking to attend an arts event, according to rese…
Visitor attraction numbers draw closer to pre-pandemic levels
Visitor numbers to the UK’s leading attractions reached 157.2 million in 2024, according to figures published by the Association…
British Library gets Japanese backing for £1.1bn expansion
A ‘groundbreaking’ £1.1bn new development on the British Library’s St Pancras site will go ahead after a Japanese real estate c…
Liverpool businesses to vote on £2 tourism levy to support culture
Hotels and serviced accommodation operators in Liverpool are being balloted over proposals to introduce a nightly £2 tourism levy…
US arts funder withdraws controversial ‘gender ideology’ clause linked to Trump orders
A controversial new funding process in the United States requiring artists and arts organisations to certify that they will not �…
Tourist tax worth £1bn a year for culture floated
A tourist levy on overnight accommodation in England could generate more than £1bn a year to support cultural infrastructure and…
One in five Royal Academy jobs to be axed
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) has revealed that its council has voted to approve plans to cut up to 60 jobs as it undertakes rest…
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…
Peers criticise ‘unconscionable’ British Council Covid loan repayments
Members of the House of Lords have called on government to forgive a £200m loan made to the British Council during the pandemic,…
DCMS faces questions on Covid loan book ‘conflict of interest’
Senior civil servants have faced scrutiny from MPs over whether the management of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Co…
Debt-ridden council denies plan to sell major cultural venue
London Borough of Croydon is not planning to sell one of its major cultural venues, its mayor has said. In a statement released on…
Music education hubs facing £160m ‘black hole’
There is a £32.3m annual budget shortfall between the demands being placed on music education hubs to deliver the National Plan f…
