Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

THE TRUTH ABOUT: The arts council | History Defined

‘He understands soft power’: why Andy Burnham put music at the heart of his political identity

Oasis and Elbow have soundtracked Burnham’s byelection campaign and he got Liam Gallagher doing Manchester’s tram announcements. Will he keep banging the drum for music if he reaches Westminster?

The Guardian - UK

Media veteran Dawn Airey to take over as chair of Arts Council England

Successor to Nicholas Serota from August picks out AI as one of the major challenges facing the sector

The Guardian - UK

Dawn Airey to replace Nicholas Serota as chair of Arts Council England

She is currently the chair of the National Youth Theatre and the educational platform Digital Theatre+.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Media veteran Dawn Airey appointed new chair of Arts Council England

Airey is currently the chair of the National Youth Theatre and the educational platform Digital Theatre+

The Independent UK

OPINION - Bothered by queues at the British Museum? Make foreign visitors pay

Free access to museums and galleries is a rare privilege but it doesn’t have to be extended to everyone

Evening Standard

Ministers consider charging tourists to enter national museums in England

Government says proposed levy for international tourists is part of initiative to improve arts funding

The Guardian - UK

Arts Council England must change or face ‘disaster’, culture department is told

Margaret Hodge, who led report into arts funder, tells DCMS committee that grant recipients have lost confidence in the body

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Arts Council reform is vital for London's grassroots night time economy

Hodge Review shows the application system clearly needs radical overhaul

Evening Standard

Ministers to delegate some public appointments in attempt to cut delays

Under shake-up affecting about 4,000 roles, officials will run more of hiring process but ministers can have final say

The Guardian - UK

Rare 245-year-old violin presented to new leader of Ulster Youth Orchestra

Anna Jansson, 21, has been given the Milton Violin for use during her tenure.

Evening Standard

75 arts projects across NI to benefit from £2m of funding

The grants have been delivered through the Arts Council’s National Lottery Project Funding.

Evening Standard

Rodney Wilson obituary

Other lives: Producer of TV arts programmes and film officer at the Arts Council determined to reach new, diverse audiences

The Guardian - UK

Alastair Niven obituary

Scholar and literary administrator who nurtured the talent of many writers from Africa, Asia and the Commonwealth

The Guardian - UK

Localised memorials for institutional abuse survivors being considered – O’Neill

Michelle O’Neill confirmed a plaque will be installed at Stormont, but said there may be more memorialisations.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour arts policy: time to make history again

Editorial: Sixty years ago this week, Jennie Lee launched Britain’s first culture white paper. Lisa Nandy must pick up the baton

Evening Standard

Artists having to take on several other jobs to pay the bills – Arts Council

Roisín McDonough also warned a Stormont Committee of hemorrhaging talent.

Evening Standard

Play about Belfast student life to be staged in Brussels

Float is produced by Crybaby Productions and written by emerging playwrights Orla Graham and Kirby Thompson.

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Hodge to lead review of regional inequality in the arts

Anti-corruption champion to examine Arts Council England projects and lack of facilities in some areas of country

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Timothy West obituary

The Guardian - UK

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

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

‘I could have written three plays about her’: Jennie Lee, MP and wife of Nye Bevan, is celebrated on stage

The coal miner’s daughter who set up the Open University and the Arts Council and was Britain’s youngest MP is the subject of two new shows

Evening Standard

OPINION - Arts Council England have created a dangerous confusion: art cannot be separated from politics

Earlier this month, during the climax of Chicago rapper Noname’s headline gig in London, she paused, cut the accompaniment, and addressed her sold-out audience. “Can I hear you say free Palestine?” It was, of course, not the first time I’d been at a concert where the artist had made some…

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

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

1 2

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Environment Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.