Timothy Walker is retiring as artistic director and managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra after 17 years.

The British Council is looking for a new Director of Arts to succeed Kate Arthurs, who is to stand down later this year.

Arts Council England is investing £4.3m of National Lottery funding in 45 arts organisations aiming to enhance diversity in the cultural sector through its Elevate programme.

The “collision economy” is the name the organisers of the REMIX Summit give to the fastest growing business sector in Britain, worth £100bn a year to the UK: the creative industries.

Arts minister Helen Whately has put an export bar on a 15^th century illuminated guide for those contemplating becoming hermits and anchorites.

BTS, the world’s biggest boy band, is behind a global Connect project involving leading artists such as Antony Gormley.

Liz Johnson is moving from the National Trust to fill a new Arts Council role as director of museums collection development for the West Midlands.

Bill Ferris, who has overseen development worth £47m in 19 years, is to retire as CEO of Chatham Historic Dockyard.

English Heritage has been given a Roman fort in Hadrian’s Wall to be part of the National Heritage Collection.

Dance is often seen as the Cinderella of the subsidised arts, but a new initiative seeks to prove that there is a growing and enthusiastic audience.

Some of the views of the River Thames that inspired J M W Turner to build a house there go on display at that house for the first time on Saturday, January 10, after an opening by Sir David Attenborough.

The actor Sir Ian McKellen has topped The Stage 100 Power List for his marathon tour of Ian McKellen on Stage, the first actor ever to head the list of the most influential individuals in the theatre in UK, usually dominated by producers.