Harman calls for arts workers’ support
Former shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has demanded safeguards for freelance arts workers.
Freelances petition for retention of project grants
Letter to ACE demands reversal of emergency package
Edinburgh festivals cancelled
All five of Edinburgh’s summer festivals have been cancelled for this year because of Covid-19.
Jarman’s Prospect Cottage saved
Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage and its garden in Kent have been saved following an appeal that has raised more than £3.5m in less than ten weeks.
Tom Watson to champion music industry
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is to champion musicians as chair UK Music, the umbrella representative for the music industry.
How coronavirus is hitting you – your chance to tell ministers
Coronavirus Covid-19 is presenting unprecedented challenges to creative workers and their industries. Now you can tell the government how.
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
Will Carling outpaces the Welsh defence at Cardiff Arms Park, 6th February 1993, by Pete Jenkins for the Sunday Telegraph
Alan Sparrow introduces this month’s image
Free arts webinar on how to survive the crisis
The Creative Industries Federation and PR agency Four Communications are combining to start a series of webinar events to help those working in the creative industries through the Covid-19 crisis.
Creative Scotland’s £11m support package
Creative Scotland has launched a three-pronged support package to help sustain the country’s creative practitioners during the coronavirus crisis.
BM appoints Beard despite No 10 rejection
The British Museum has appointed the classics scholar Professor Mary Beard a trustee, despite No 10 Downing Street having rejected her candidature.
TAITMAIL What is to be done?
The news that Halifax’s Square Chapel has gone into administration demonstrates the fragility of arts organisations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Call for clarity on Chancellor’s freelance deal
The Chancellor’s move yesterday to help the self-employed and freelance – a third of whom make up the creative industries’ workforce - has been welcomed in the arts sector, but with demands for further clarity on how it will work and its timing.
London Eye turns blue for NHS
As thousands forsook the safety of self-isolation across the UK to step outside and applaud the NHS at 8pm last night, the London Eye turned blue.
Closure - but the art goes on
Museums, galleries and art fairs have been defying the Coronavirus pandemic to keep audiences connected with culture, despite the devastating hit the arts have taken over the crisis with blanket closure.
87k petition Chancellor to remember freelancers
On behalf of the creative industries more than 30 trades unions and membership organisation have written to the Chancellor of Exchequer with a plea for freelance workers.
More cultural venues announce closures
English Heritage, the National Trust and a host of libraries and museums across England are among the cultural institutions now closing their doors because of coronavirus.
Advance sales down by 90% - says survey
Advance ticket sales and income at arts venues nationwide has dropped by 92% in the wake of the coronavirus, according to a new survey.
Advice on social gatherings ‘crippling blow’ to creative industries
Leaders blast government advice on coronavirus
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