Category: Arts funding

Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sightsOn 30 May last year, Kim Sajet was working in her...

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Keir Starmer is our most musical prime minister since Edward Heath. He must take up the baton for the arts | Martin Kettle

Not all of the problems of Britain’s cultural sector come down to funding, but an awful lot do. That’s where leadership comes inAs you listen to a Christmas performance of Handel’s Messiah, it is easy to...

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British Council could disappear within a decade, says chief executive

Exclusive: Scott McDonald is looking at budget cuts and axing the organisation’s presence in up to 40 countries• Why the financial crisis at the British Council matters as UK pushes soft powerThe British Council could...

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‘The hypocrisy is nauseating’: Wes Streeting on state school arts cuts

Shadow child poverty secretary wants all pupils to have access to arts education after decade of Tory cutsWes Streeting can’t claim to be his inner-city comp’s most famous alumni. That claim goes to the Hollywood...

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Lack of support for theatre is to discourage dissent, says top playwright

Laura Wade, writer of Posh and Home, I’m Darling, criticises government’s attitude to industry as unions fight cuts to performing arts degreesThe government has insufficiently supported the crisis-hit theatre...

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