Bacc to the future
The row over the government’s attitude to arts in schools shows no signing of abating, writes Patrick Kelly
Sweat, not sequins
Circus has entered a
new age, led by the roundhouse’s biennial Circusfest, the fifth of which takes place next month. Simon Tait reports
Real time opera
A new kind of opera starts its public life at the CAST in Doncaster next month, before opening at the Hackney Empire. it is called Clocks 1888: The Greener, and its creators are Brolly
Local story in a national narrative
AI Profile: Jennifer Scott, director, Holburne Museum, Bath
Wood Green’s Chelsea
In a North London suburb a municipal building is being turned into a hotel for artists
Red Book, White Paper, Green Light?
Christopher Gordon of GPS Culture, whose new report is entitled The Next Steps? – a contribution to debate on a new national policy for the arts and culture in England, on his hopes for the forthcoming arts White Paper
Coming in from the kitchen
Public demand has inspired the exhibition of the work of John Bratby at the Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, his first retrospective. Simon Tait was given a tour by gallery director Liz Gilmore
Arts with the sleeves rolled up
Local cultural services are bearing the brunt of the cuts, but arts development workers are finding other ways to support grassroots culture. Patrick Kelly reports
Giving history back to the people
Carole Souter CBE, chief executive, Heritage Lottery Fund
Honours? What a performance…
Antony Thorncroft on how oddly gongs seem to hang in the arts
Digging up gems
After seven successful years as chief executive of Orchestras Live, the orchestra development agency, Henry Little, once the Arts Council’s director of music strategy, has moved to become head of Opera Rara – “rare opera”
Prime location
One of the loveliest libraries in Britain is a haven for writers and readers. Patrick Kelly pays a visit to Gladstone’s Library
