THE WORD Help Eastleigh's The Point to ‘move on’
The Point, the contemporary theatre and dance studio complex in Eastleigh, Hampshire, is being transformed but its artistic director, Sacha Lee, is looking for artistic help...
What's up in… Southampton
AI looks at what's coming up around the country – this week, the arts in Southampton.
TAITMAIL Cliff edge or launching point?
We’re on the brink. The political arrogance, diplomatic blundering, economic obfuscating and cultural ignorance have led the cultural industries to the top of Beachy Head and about to step off. Or are we?
THE WORD ‘Centre of culture’ is not about space
says Reuben Kench, director of culture, events and leisure at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council in response to a recent Taitmail input into the debate about cities and towns of culture, and our empty high streets
AI PROFILE Lord of the dance
Sir Richard Alston, artist director of The Place and the Richard Alston Dance Company
MY STORY The other side of the picture
DAVID HICKS
The greetings card company Really Good was started by David Hicks more than 30 years ago with a £40 government enterprise allowance, and capital of £200. It is now worth £4m and sells in 30 countries, but its founder has made a dramatic career change.
DEA BIRKETT Mime - and the last word in circus
In the latest in her series marking the 250th anniversary of the circus, Dea Birkett – the official Ringmaster of Circus250 – discovers more about her artform at the London International Mime Festival
Drama of keeping more things in the air than you have hands
AI Profile : Sean Gandini, artistic director, Gandini Juggling
DEA BIRKETT Fear and risk – still part of the circus
In the next on her series marking the 250th anniversary of the circus, Dea Birkett – the official Ringmaster of Circus250 – sees that life under the Big Top is as perilous as ever
THE ART OF PHOTOJOURNALISM Image of the month
Orgreave, South Yorkshire, June 1984, by Martin Jenkinson
DEA BIRKETT The real world shared by circus and museums
In the next in her series marking the 250th anniversary of the circus, Dea Birkett – the official Ringmaster of Circus250 – finds that big top performance and gallery display have more in common that you think
Local soft power: Mayor Khan sets national culture blueprint
Is London’s new Creative Enterprise Zones (CEZs) scheme, the first of its kind and centred on local authorities, a pattern for other British centres? Simon Tait reports
