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The Latest Breaking News from Arts Council England

‘This is not sustainable’: London’s Gate theatre to close after nearly 50 years

Formerly based above a Notting Hill pub, the theatre earned a reputation for radical plays with new talent yet had a 100% loss of Arts Council England funding in 2022

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Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report

Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexism

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The Guardian view on 80 years of public funding for the arts: more vital than ever

Editorial: Arts Council England has been much criticised in recent years. A new chair offers hope for a weary cultural sector

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Britain has so many stories. The reason we fund the arts together is so we can tell them

Dear England, Ink, Sherwood … I owe my career to publicly funded art. Never downplay it: it’s how we speak to each other, says author and playwright James Graham

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Dawn Airey, the ‘fearless’ TV veteran charged with protecting the arts

Former Channel 5 chief is tipped to ‘break things that need to be broken’ as new chair of Arts Council England

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Dawn Airey to replace Nicholas Serota as chair of Arts Council England

She is currently the chair of the National Youth Theatre and the educational platform Digital Theatre+.

Evening Standard

Media veteran Dawn Airey appointed new chair of Arts Council England

Airey is currently the chair of the National Youth Theatre and the educational platform Digital Theatre+

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Arts Council England is focused on investment outside London

Letter: Nicholas Serota says the north has received over £40m from the Arts Everywhere Fund. Plus a letter from John Edmondson

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Ministers consider charging tourists to enter national museums in England

Government says proposed levy for international tourists is part of initiative to improve arts funding

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Arts Council England faces legal threat over magazine’s withdrawal of poet’s work

Publicly funded journal pulled poem citing writer’s ‘social media presence’, with solicitors alleging discrimination over gender-critical views

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UK earmarks £1.5 billion in arts funding until 2030 – expert panel responds

The UK government has announced a £1.5 billion funding package for the arts, which it says marks a turning point after a decade of underinvestment. Spread across five years from 2025 to 2030, the money includes £600 million for national museums and other organisations backed by the Department for Culture,…

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Churchill’s desk and rare artwork among items donated to UK cultural institutions

Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England scheme

The Guardian - UK

Celebrity castings can help theatres in hard times, says new head of Bristol Old Vic

Big names can attract audiences as venues struggle with fallout from pandemic, austerity and high costs, Rebecca Dawson says

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The Hodge report into Arts Council England: ‘Not exactly a ringing endorsement’

While the former arts minister’s call for tax breaks and a bonfire of red tape will be welcomed, we seem to be going round in circles. And why hasn’t the single most calamitous cause of funding reduction been addressed?

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Arts funding in England must be protected from politics, Hodge report urges

Arts Council England must remain free from interference to ensure artistic freedom, says report by Labour peer

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Arts organisations still in ‘funding limbo’ after crash of Arts Council England online portal

Arts professionals complain of ‘cruel’ bureaucratic process since grant processing platform crashed in July

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The overlooked service that could make plans for a library in every primary school in England a reality

In a speech delivered at the Labour party conference, Chancellor Rachel Reeves committed to “providing a library in every single primary school in England by the end of this parliament”.

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Music Theatre Wales has been hit by funding cuts – but is still going strong

Letter: Michael McCarthy on the support his organisation receives from Arts Council Wales – and used to receive from Arts Council England

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Unpublished sketches of Charles Dickens go on display for first time

A one-off set of pen, ink and watercolour sketches of the English playwright can be seen at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.

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Notting Hill carnival to go ahead this year after £1m funding boost

Cash will pay for extra measures to address ‘critical public safety concerns’ identified in independent review of festival

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Arts Council England chair says sector at ‘tipping point’ amid funding fears

Sir Nicholas Serota says continued public investment is vital to draw in private funding to maintain cultural centres

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Arts Council England a victim of ‘London-centric’ media coverage, CEO says

Darren Henley says regional arts leaders do not have same newspaper coverage as those in the capital

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Arts Council England defends support of classical music amid loss of trust

Arts funding body responds to criticism as Wigmore Hall in London says it will operate independently from 2026

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Wigmore Hall says it no longer requires public funding

The classical music venue in London has raised £10m to become financially self-sufficient and will voluntarily withdraw from Arts Council England’s portfolio

Woman & Home

From TV host to Gucci model: meet four women breaking disability barriers

These four champions of inclusivity are proving what's possible and inspiring us all to think differently about everything from garden design, to modelling, to acting

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