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Lord Neil Mendoza insists British arts and media too focused on capital city
The guillotine hung over the opening night of a fizzing new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘The Yeomen of the Guard’
Even in good times, the arts make our lives better and these are not good times
The ENO is adapting a gimmick to attract new audiences now the pandemic has hit
Institutions forced to shut after government warnings on coronavirus
Four-day festival transforms some of the city’s most striking buildings
A three-year project celebrates art from the north of England and South Asia
Grants to Royal Opera House, Southbank Centre, National Theatre and RSC will fall
Theatres and galleries rely on cafés and film work to fill hole left by lost funding
Move to Arts Council opens race for one of UK’s biggest culture jobs
Vote for action over contracts after funding falls 30% over the past decade
Measures seek to speed the increase of the proportion of staff who are black and ethnic minority
National bodies breathe a sigh of relief, but fate of local authority museums unclear
Free entry protected for national museums and galleries
Publicly funded projects act as ‘incubator’ for creative industries
John Berry latest in a long list of high-level departures at the London Coliseum
Endowment scheme offers £30.5m of public money as matched or part-matched funds
Skeletal sculpture is the 10th work to grace Trafalgar Square’s northwest corner
From Peter Bazalgette, Chair, Arts Council England
Darren Henley will take over as chief executive at funding body in 2015, replacing Alan Davey
The chancellor understands that towns must have souls as well as sewers, writes Peter Bazalgette
MPs criticise Arts Council for ‘imbalance’ favouring capital
Success of acclaimed play about art group in Northumbrian mining village funds museum
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