Glyndebourne cancels 2023 tour programme after funding cuts Opera company lost more than half its funding after Arts Council England sought to divert money to underserved regions The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023
Nadine Dorries hits out at Arts Council England over cuts to opera funding The former culture secretary said the arms-length body was trying to reverse levelling up. The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023
Families of slain Capital employees, survivors of newsroom shooting settle suit with Baltimore Sun, Tribune Publishing BALTIMORE — The families of Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters, along with some Capital employees who survived the deadly June 28, 2018, attack on the Annapolis newsroom, dismissed civil charges against The Baltimore Sun and Tribune Publishing this week after settling the case. Tribune News Service · Jan 5, 2023
The inspirational people from Greater Manchester who went above and beyond in 2022 Amid a challenging year, some went above and beyond to help others and campaign for positive change Manchester Evening News · Dec 29, 2022
ENO needs London home, opera star says amid rumours of a rethink on funding cut Sir John Tomlinson wades into row over cut to English National Opera’s grant as signs indicate Arts Council may review decision The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022
The Guardian view on local libraries: a resource that must be protected Editorial: The cost of living crisis has cast new light on their role as places not only to read and learn, but to keep warm. They cannot be allowed to dwindle The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022
Josie Rourke: ‘If Shakespeare was alive now he’d be under commission to Nica Burns’ As You Like It comes to London’s new venue @sohoplace this winter. The play’s director and the theatre’s owner discuss arts cuts, the industry’s gender balance and the pandemic The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2022
Boost for aspiring black cricketers as ACE scheme launches in northern England The programme is a partnership between Yorkshire, the Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club and African Caribbean Engagement (ACE) The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022
A fight at the opera: could forcing ENO up north work out? The ultimatum to English National Opera was attacked as ‘cultural vandalism’, but raised some hopes nearer Manchester The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022
Grand plans to level up have produced results – great art venues levelled to the ground Under Arts Council England, the ‘win-win’ agenda has proved a losing one for some of the UK’s valued cultural organisations The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022
Tamara Rojo wades into bitter row over London arts funding English National Ballet’s artistic director decries Arts Council England move to divert money from capital The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022
Andy Burnham says English National Opera doesn't deserve to come to Manchester if it thinks the city's full of heathens Mayor attacks 'outdated' attitudes after outcry over potential move out of London Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022
We’re not all heathens in Manchester, Andy Burnham tells ENO Mayor of Greater Manchester steps into row over opera company’s mooted move to outside London The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday briefing: Inside Arts Council England’s devastating cuts In today’s newsletter: As enraged arts workers protest, we explore what the new world might look like for our cultural institutions – and why even opera haters should care about the fate of English National Opera The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2022 Arts funding cuts ‘cultural vandalism’, says Juliet Stevenson, at DCMS protest Actor joins demonstration over plans to slash £50m from arts bodies in London as part of levelling-up agenda
Manchester Evening News · Nov 20, 2022 It's time for London to stop moaning and let Greater Manchester have its time - the future of the arts depends on it News that English National Opera could be moving to Manchester has met with anguish in the national press. They're out of touch
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022 England no longer values the profound, weird art of opera – and that leaves us all poorer Cutting funding to ENO will do nothing for ‘levelling up’, but it will do deep, unnecessary damage to our shared cultural life, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022 ‘It’s undoubtedly going to have a big impact’: inside three Arts Council funding cases In our final set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we speak to Ballet Black, Disability Arts Online and Camden Art Centre
The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2022 ‘An acutely difficult time’: companies respond to Arts Council funding decisions In our third set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding round, we hear from Eclipse theatre in Leeds, Oldham Coliseum and Bloodaxe Books
The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022 Cuts to funding will decimate English National Opera. This is a howling mistake The arguments given by Arts Council England ignore all the good work we do – it should think again, says ENO chief executive Stuart Murphy
The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022 Thrilled, relieved, perplexed: three Arts Council funding verdicts In our second set of case studies exploring the impact of Arts Council England’s new funding decisions, we hear from Balbir Singh Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia and Little Bulb
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022 The week in classical: The Yeomen of the Guard; Alcina – music under siege ENO stands firm amid extreme funding cuts with a Gilbert and Sullivan staging full of vim and vigour, while animal magic ripples through Richard Jones’s new Alcina
Daily Record · Nov 11, 2022 Perth's Lisa Bott honoured and shocked to win at Scottish Gymnastics Awards Lisa, who is owner and head coach of ACE Gymnastics, took home the Spirit of Gymnastics award
Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2022 Arts Council England funding cuts: London’s institutions fight back after the big betrayal The rug has been pulled out from many of the capital’s arts organisations, but they’re not going to take it lying down
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022 Defunding ENO is devastating – but the writing was on the wall The decision to produce fewer operas at English National Opera sowed the seeds of last week’s disaster – which strips London of an irreplaceable cultural jewel, writes the company’s former musical director