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Arts Council England

July 2024

  • The theatre full of people, some holding banners saying 'save Oldham coliseum'

    Oldham Coliseum theatre saved from closure

    Oldham council pledges £10m to refurbish theatre after campaign led by actor Julie Hesmondhalgh

June 2024

  • Charlotte Geeves the executive director of the Bristol Old Vic.

    Dreams and jobs slowly fade away as Bristol bears brunt of arts cuts

    In the shadow culture minister’s seat, there is a degree of hope a Labour government might bring change
  • ‘The worst of many painful moments’ … then culture secretary Nadine Dorries in 2022, the year of her ‘letter of instruction’.

    ‘Culture embarrasses them’: how 14 years of Tory fiascos strangled arts in the UK

    They came to power promising ‘a golden age for the arts’. Now, 12 disastrous culture secretaries later, they leave it in tatters. What a stunning missed opportunity to capitalise on an asset that was the envy of the world
  • Imelda Staunton and Olivia Colman

    Imelda Staunton and Olivia Colman call for urgent political support for the arts

    Exclusive: Actors call for all parties to back investment as figures suggest 16% cuts since 2017

May 2024

  • Members of English National Opera protest at plans to move the organisation out of London

    The Guardian view on discord in the arts world: a distraction from the real crisis

    Editorial: Scrapping over the way money is distributed is no answer to the problems created by a decade of underfunding
  • Supported by Arts Council England sign

    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
  • Brian Logan

    Artists shouldn’t be political? Here’s a show that challenges Britain’s creeping censorship

    Brian Logan
    Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art, at the Arcola in London, tackles freedom of expression – with particular focus on Gaza, writes Brian Logan

April 2024

  • Head shots of Joanna Scanlan, Stella Kanu and Gemma Arterton

    Joanna Scanlan among actors backing gender equality push in theatre

    Women in Theatre Lab will act as incubator for playwriting and acting talent and address gender inequality

March 2024

  • Aviva Studios Factory International arts venue, Manchester

    Arts funding must be at the centre of government plans

  • An RSC First Encounters with Shakespeare workshop at a Warwickshire primary school

    ‘We’re barely hanging on’: England’s cultural jewels fall into the red

  • Clockwise from top left: Benedict Cumberbatch, Brian Cox, Stephen Fry, Mark Knopfler, Damien Lewis and Paul Smith, who are all Garrick Club members.

    Equality groups urge cultural elite to give up Garrick Club membership

  • Catherine Bennett

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

    Catherine Bennett

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

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

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

  • Conductor Simon Rattle says cutting UK tax relief for orchestras would be a catastrophe

  • Ben and Imo review – Britten and Holst’s collaboration slides into cruelty

February 2024

  • Robert Macfarlane, Matt Haig and Feargal Sharkey.

    Arts Council England says funding will not be removed for ‘political’ artists

    ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’
  • Woman raising hands, enjoying in cold snowy winter day, wearing woven poncho.

    Brief letters
    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
  • Artwork at the Revolting Artists exhibition in Weymouth, England.

    First Edition newsletter
    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
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