Call to ban gambling sponsors from UK sport as hidden harms are revealed
Wimbledon official defends Barclays sponsorship deal amid protests
June 2024
Baillie Gifford boycotts achieve nothing
Letter: Fossil Free Books has heightened the risk of sponsoring the arts, says Finbarr O’Mahony
Wimbledon urged to drop Barclays as sponsor over fossil fuel links
Climate groups and anti-war activists say bank using reported £20m deal to ‘hide its multitude of sins’
Our Baillie Gifford boycotts aren’t about tearing down the arts – they’re about building them up
Tom Jeffreys
The Observer view on Baillie Gifford sponsorship row: writing is on the wall for book lovers
Growing sponsorship row leaves UK summer arts festivals in turmoil
December 2023
British Museum’s BP sponsorship deal ‘astonishingly out of touch’
Campaigners criticise £50m tie-up with fossil fuel firm to help fund ‘masterplan’ redevelopment project
August 2023
Brand aid: have Britain’s arts venues sold out to The Man?
Manchester’s Aviva Studios is the latest venue to give its naming rights to the highest bidder. Is corporate sponsorship a necessity for the survival of the arts?
July 2023
Aviva Studios, Manchester review – where’s the joy?
Celebrities call on Wimbledon to drop Barclays sponsorship
June 2023
‘Poor decision for Manchester’: mixed reaction to Aviva Studios naming deal
Critics say rebranding of arts venue after insurance firm is antithesis of city’s culture, but supporters say funding is vital
British LGBT awards drop sponsorship deals with Shell and BP
Announcement comes after Divina de Campo joined host of nominees and judges who pulled out of the event
Manchester arts venue Factory International renamed after Aviva
New project will now be named Aviva Studios after insurance company bought naming rights for £35m
May 2023
Let’s stop being paternalistic and give Emma Raducanu a break – she’s earned it
Emma John
She has fought injury and poor form since her US Open triumph. People should cut the UK’s tennis darling some slack
February 2023
‘Big irony’ as winter sports sponsored by climate polluters, report finds
Science Museum sponsorship deal with oil firm included gag clause
January 2023
BP sponsorship of Royal Opera House ends after 33 years
Move leaves British Museum and Science Museum isolated as arts institutions with fossil fuel sponsors
August 2022
An Oxford college is about to link itself to a bikini airline. Now that’s what I call classy
Catherine Bennett
There’s a Faustian element to Linacre’s £155m deal with a Vietnamese billionaire
July 2022
Hundreds of teachers boycott Science Museum show over Adani sponsorship
More than 400 sign open letter expressing opposition to tie-in with green energy subsidiary of coalminer
