The Cabinet Office has been criticised for a lack of “oversight” on how government departments, including the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), maintain their heritage ...

Plans to restore parts of the former Spode Works in Stoke-on-Trent have suffered a setback after two bids to Arts Council England’s Creative Foundations Fund (CFF) were unsuccessful. Stoke-on-Trent ...

The Royal Court Theatre has set aside more than £900,000 to a fund that supports its right to “artistically fail”, its most recent accounts reveal. The Sloane Square theatre, known for championing new ...

Sculptor Sir Antony Gormley has said he will not go ahead with his plans to turn an old fire station in Northumberland into a gallery and storage facility. The Angel of the North creator had submitted ...

Arts Council England (ACE) must “rigorously uphold” its arm’s length status and resist politicisation, a review into the funding body has found. Labour peer Baroness Hodge and her panel of experts ...

Respondents to a national consultation have overwhelmingly rejected the government’s preferred approach to allowing AI companies to use copyrighted works for training. A progress statement published ...

Former pro-chancellor at the University of Leeds, LINDA POLLARD, is to chair the board of Leeds Heritage Theatres. Pollard, who was made a dame in 2020, is to succeed ALAN GAY in the role in May next ...