New CEO for troubled Creative Scotland
Iain Munro has been appointed chief executive of Creative Scotland, 15 months after his predecessor resigned amid damning criticism of the organisation.
St Paul’s war, projected
The story of how St Paul’s Cathedral was able to alone in the Blitz of 1940 is being told through a free light show at the cathedral.
Art recruited by Extinction Rebellion
Art and creativity have been mobilised in the climate change campaign of Extinction Rebellion, from multi-coloured banners to street performance, to dance, to clowns, to sculpture., to music, to street art around Whitehall and Trafalgar Square.
Jonathan Church launches new company
Award-winning theatre director Jonathan Church is launching a new company, in partnership with Trafalgar Entertainments’ Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire.
God’s House Tower to open as arts centre
The 700-year-old God's House Tower at Southampton’s centre opens as an arts and heritage venue next month after a £3.1m refit.
Call for artists to breathe life into dead spaces
A challenge has gone out to artists, architects and creatives to revive unloved areas of London’s 2019 Borough of the Year, Waltham Forest.
Creativity in schools vital for later success – Durham Report
Creativity in the curriculum is essential if young people are to be properly prepared for a successful work life, according to an Arts Council/Durham University led research programme whose report is published today.
Carnegie’s Dunfermline home is most friendly museum
The tiny Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum in Dunfermline is is the UK’s most family friendly museum this year, it was announced today.
Restored figureheads centrepiece for Plymouth’s £40m The Box
Fourteen carved 19c figureheads from Devonport, Plymouth, have been saved from decay in a unique project by three teams of conservators.
DCMS announces £250m for regional cultural investment
The government today announced a new £250m Cultural Investment Fund for heritage projects around the country, in its biggest ever single investment in cultural infrastructure.
