Performing Arts
The wellbeing of art
The growing relationship between the arts and healthcare could almost be considered a win-win. One of the key aims behind…
Homeless art
In an effort to combat many of the problems associated with the state of homelessness in modern Britain, the medium…
Watch this space
British audiences across the economic spectrum have a wealth of great art and performance literally at their fingertips. And one…
Creativity in the classroom
Children across the UK will learn their arts ABC’s from an army of volunteer practitioners when Big Arts Week rolls…
After a month of argument and scandal the Scottish arts needs to regroup
Over the past month the arts in Scotland have been embroiled in an increasingly heated argument about the way in…
Is digital switchover a political and logistical catch 22?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six years you could hardly fail not to have noticed…
Designing for the 21st Century – A call for proposals
The most recent Creative Industries Mapping document estimated that design-related activity within the UK employed one million people in around…
Art as image; image as art
In a fit of now infamous madness the artist Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear. In a state of…
2008 : Britain’s Year of Culture
In the beginning there were twelve. Then six finalists were short listed as the UK’s possible European City of Culture.…
Kindred spirits in flight for human rights
In 1982, acclaimed musician Peter Gabriel founded the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival in the UK. WOMAD's…