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Labour slams coalition’s ‘brazen’ lack of arts support
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has accused the coalition government of a “brazen and wholesale” retreat from public support for the creative industries, in a keynote speech this week. Harman pointed to former culture secretary…
Arts council to face £11.6m of further cuts
Arts Council England will have its budgets for 2013 to 2015 cut by £11.6 million, following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. Last week, it was announced that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport would have…
Labour: lack of DCMS strategy is “deeply worrying”
Shadow culture minister, Labour MP Dan Jarvis, calls on the government to rethink its arts policies. Last week, the extent of the damage being done to the arts was voiced by senior figures within the…
Maria Miller must engage with theatre industry, says Josie Rourke
Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke has urged culture secretary Maria Miller to “take some time” to engage with the theatre community about the future funding of the sector. Rourke follows other high-profile figures, including…
DCMS: cuts will mean “real challenges” for arts
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has warned that the arts are set to face further cuts as a result of the Autumn Statement. Yesterday, it was revealed that the DCMS’ budget would be…
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre granted grade II listing
Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre has been granted grade II-listed status by the government. The venue, named after the locally-based actress who helped found it, was designed and built between 1963 and 1965 by John Brownrigg…
‘Baz’ could prove the best choice in troubled times
Is the cynicism about Peter Bazalgette’s appointment to Arts Council England justified, or misplaced?
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