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SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

ACE’s ‘political statements’ warning to artists came after government talks

Exclusive: FoI request reveals Arts Council updated guidance after discussing Gaza conflict with DCMS

The Guardian - UK

Meet Lee Bradshaw: the opera composer inspired by Iron Maiden

Last month, the world’s first grand opera in Arabic was shown in London. Here the Australian composer explains how he took a modern approach to the work

Evening Standard

In the name of anti-elitism, Arts Council England has declared war on opera and excellence

‘Good’ singers performing great music by dead people. Who’d listen to that?

The Guardian - UK

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Mary Archer to lead review of Arts Council England use of funds

Review will assess ‘ambition and quality’ of ACE-funded projects after sustained political scrutiny of council

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England seeks £40,000 from Speech Debelle and legal team after tribunal loss

Council pursues legal costs after judges ruled musician Debelle did not face racial discrimination while working for it

The Guardian - UK

Wooden buttons will only go so far in saving the planet

Brief letters: Avoiding plastics | Remembering Jenny Baynes | The role of artists | The best campus novels | Michelle Mone’s horse

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Yulia Navalnaya takes on mantle of late husband

Alexei Navalny’s wife accuses Russian authorities of murdering him. Plus, Israeli minister gives Rafah attack timeline

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You can’t ban embroidery! Why Arts Council England’s crackdown is a stitch-up

Has anyone behind ACE’s warning about ‘political statements’ been to Unravel? As this tumultuous show about textile art proves, even a quilt can tell a story of outrage, exploitation and horror

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Why is Arts Council England clamping down on political statements?

In today’s newsletter: Artists reacted with fury to the warning that ‘overtly political or activist’ statements could lead to a withdrawal of funding. But it is just the latest example of the paucity of support for the arts

The Guardian - UK

Meet the modern-day censors, wielding their purse-strings over artists and their work

The ominous warning from Arts Council England over controversial statements reveals the dangers bureaucrats pose to free expression

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England to update ‘activist statements’ guidance after backlash

Funding body says it believes in freedom of expression, after policy changes sparked fears of censorship of artists

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera musicians call off strike action after agreement reached

ENO will now revise plans that triggered dispute, after negotiations with Musicians’ Union

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England mired in row over ‘political statements’ warning

Robert Macfarlane, Feargal Sharkey and Matt Haig are among artists to react with fury to message about funding risks

The Guardian - UK

Over a third of UK grassroots music venues are loss-making, charity finds

Alarm in sector as cost of living crisis and rent rises mean that 125 independent venues either closed or stopped hosting live music in 2023

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ENO strike: staff say they are political ‘pawns’ and fear being forced out

Musicians say many feel they have no choice but to act over cuts and may have to leave industry altogether

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Weir obituary

Head of Arts Council England provision for London, the Design Council and arts and cultural strategy at the 2012 Olympics

The Guardian - UK

English National Opera members to vote on strike action over pay dispute

Equity union says chorus members will vote in early January on whether to act over plans to cut salaries by 40%

The Guardian - UK

Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

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The Independent UK

English National Opera announces Manchester as its new home

Opera company was told by Arts Council England last year that it would lose its £12m of its funding unless it moved out of London

The Guardian - UK

After 60 years, when will the biggest job in UK theatre go to a woman? Why not now?

Only male artistic directors have run the National Theatre. It’s time to address that, says the Guardian’s chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar

Evening Standard

South London dance organisation to close after funding ends

Soon-to-be redundant staff at Greenwich Dance are 'grieving', the CEO said

The Independent UK

English National Opera cuts risk ‘killing off of art form’, warn prominent music directors

Former ENO conductors Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder and the Royal Opera House’s Sir Antonio Pappano said cuts would make company ‘an empty shell of its former self’

The Independent UK

English National Opera in chaos after music director resigns suddenly over ‘severe cuts’

Martyn Brabbins quit on Sunday saying proposed cuts will drive a ‘coach and horses’ through ENO’s artistic integrity

The Guardian - UK

ENO’s music director resigns over proposed cuts to musical staff positions

Martyn Brabbins says proposals to axe 19 posts and employ remaining musicians part-time is plan of ‘managed decline’

The Independent UK

ENO plans to cut staff and put the rest on part-time contracts – union

ENO said it understands this is a ‘very challenging and stressful time’ for staff.

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