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Levelling Up: What’s art got to do with it?

The creative and cultural sector can be a powerful tool in reducing inequality. If we're serious about levelling up, then we must invest in the arts.

30 Jul Culture

Inside Westminster's history of contested monuments

Oliver Cromwell as a regicide was originally absent from the line of statues of former rulers within the Palace. Walking around Parliament should remind us that arguments about our country’s history have a long history themselves.

28 Jul Culture

To stop the culture wars, learn from gay rights

In dousing the flames of the culture wars, our leaders would do well to look to the push for gay equality and to learn from it how to better live up to the public’s expectations about navigating cultural change in Britain today.

30 Jun Culture

Singing can heal our divided country

The political arguments of the past decade have torn families and communities apart. Now, as we look to move past this deadly pandemic, we must rediscover that sense of community.

06 Jun Coronavirus

Summer of Culture: What will the return look like where you are?

After 15 months of mothballing, the UK’s cultural gems are nearly back in business. The directors of 14 theatres, galleries and operas around the country tell Georgina Bailey what they hope re-opening will look like – and what they need to recover.

04 Jun Culture

Government’s failure to provide festivals with Covid insurance is paradoxical and disappointing

It is not too late for the government to step in with an insurance scheme for festivals. It would allow events to run without organisers shouldering the risk if we suffer another wave and they are forced to cancel again.

As the lockdown begins to lift, find your happy place

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03 Jun Education

As the lockdown begins to lift, find your happy place

03 Jun Education

We must support, not cut, working class access to arts and culture

Art takes many forms in life, shaping how we learn and how we feel. Art is essential. But we have a long way to go to make sure that art can be accessible for all.

02 Jun Education

Music-making is out of tune with disabled children’s needs

Children with disabilities are encouraged and enabled to participate in sport. That same drive must be applied to helping them reach their full musical potential

02 Jun Culture

Who wants to live in a cultural desert? It’s time to acknowledge the true value of the arts

The UK cultural sector makes a huge contribution to our economy and wellbeing. Unless the government wants to preside over its demise, ministers must step in with funding support, and put creative subjects at the heart of our national curriculum.

01 Jun Coronavirus

Government shielded the arts during the pandemic – now we must help them recover and thrive

This time last year, our cultural institutions were staring into the abyss. Covid had forced all of their doors closed; my officials had given me the chilling warning that up to 75 per cent of our theatres, galleries, museums and other cultural institutions were at risk of being lost to the pandemic.

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07 May Communities

UK Sport outlines mission to create greatest decade of extraordinary sporting moments

UK Advertising Export Group Stages Exports Month to Boost Global Trade

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01 Mar Culture

UK Advertising Export Group Stages Exports Month to Boost Global Trade

Special plans include UK House at SXSW 2021, a new online tool to support export strategies and a Going Global roadshow for companies looking to build international revenue

17 Feb Culture

The National Theatre Halts 'Financially Unviable' Post-Brexit Europe Tour Plans

The National Theatre says it can no longer afford to put on blockbuster shows including 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' in the European Union because of Brexit.

03 Dec 2020 Culture

Our local heritage and iconic national buildings face permanent closure

We would be immeasurably the poorer without these historic places. Funding must be forthcoming to cover ongoing costs and support restart activity

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30 Nov 2020 Culture

CreaTech is ‘one to watch’ in 2021

As the UK seeks to recover from the economic effects of Covid-19, CreaTech has the potential to open up longer-term business opportunities and bolster the UK’s record in exporting creativity and new creative technologies.

Football's future is hanging in the balance - Government assistance is urgently required to save EFL clubs

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02 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

Football's future is hanging in the balance - Government assistance is urgently required to save EFL clubs

The outbreak of COVID-19 has presented football with a challenging and unprecedented set of circumstances that threaten the very fabric of our national game. Owners from Clubs across the English Football League provide a unique viewpoint relating to the individual and collective issues we face now and in the future.

30 Oct 2020 Culture

How we plan to make the art in Parliament more inclusive

The Speaker’s Advisory Committee for Works of Art hold are holding a thorough review of the Parliamentary Art Collection to make sure BAME artists and subjects are represented.

07 Oct 2020 Culture

The Book that Changed My Life: Sophie’s Choice

In the latest in our series on the books that have influenced or inspired Parliamentarians, Baroness Helic describes how William Styron’s novel drove her to seek answers to history’s darkest chapters.

03 Oct 2020 Political parties

'It’s good old-fashioned pride in the nation stuff': How are the new 'Blue Wall' Tories fitting in?

Ten months after the wave of so-called ‘new breed’ Conservative MPs arrived in Westminster, the anticipated division between ‘Red Wall’ and Shire members is yet to occur. Alain Tolhurst speaks to Tories new and old to find out how the 2019 intake are making their mark

28 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

When we rebuild our creative industries, diversity and representation must be key

The UK’s creative industries were already an unequal playing field before Covid-19 struck – with an uncertain future and high levels of self-employment, we must ensure that all stories can be told

20 Sep 2020 Political parties

Can Keir Starmer prevent Labour’s culture wars from splitting the party in two?

From Black Lives Matter to attitudes to immigration, British politics is increasingly seen through the lens of a ‘culture war’. Can Keir Starmer prevent Labour’s fragile electoral coalition from breaking in two?

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10 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Dancing away the lockdown blues

Taking steps to stay positive: dance helped Becky Rich beat the lockdown blues.

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27 Aug 2020 Culture

Standards body the Betting and Gaming Council unveils tough new measures to prevent under-18s seeing online gambling adverts

Tough new measures aimed at further preventing under-18s from seeing gambling adverts online have been unveiled by the Betting and Gaming Council.