Writing and Publishing
Flying high - the revival of circus arts
The days of lions and elephants parading around every Big Top are gone, but the circus arts are flourishing with…
English copy Welsh to make Own Art
English taking a lead from the Welsh? Surely not! Strange as it may seem to some, Arts Council England’s Own…
Culture is Capital
Tourists are said by some to be nothing more than cultural parasites. Indeed like moths to light, they swarm to…
Censorship or sensitive? Museums restrict access to sacred and spiritual artefacts
An increasing number of UK museums have moved to instigate a clear and transparent policy on the handling, storage and…
Culture and the Rings
Sport and culture have long converged in the Olympic arena. The world's largest public event, the Olympic Games, is pillared…
Selling out, or understanding the value? Arts Marketing in the 21st century
Arts administrators have always needed to possess an odd mix of skills including aesthetic appreciation, dogged precision and good business…
Cultural activists are jammin'
In a week that has seen global attention focused on Bob Geldof and the Live 8 series of concerts it…
Generation W
Western marketing firms have made their business out of understanding generations that come in letters of the alphabet such as…
Say less, mean more
Earlier this month the Arts Council of Northern Ireland launched its Public Art Handbook for Northern Ireland but is it…
Beyond the seducer
Anne Bancroft’s death on June 6 permitted a suite of male Baby Boomer film critics to nostalgically trot out their…