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A vision for the arts
Peter Hewitt, Chief Executive of the Arts Council of England (ACE), recently spoke at the first National Summit for Local…
'A little bit different and a bit special'
'Sound Inventors' is a programme designed to teach young people composition. The project's Creative Consultant, composer Alasdair Nicolson, tells Arts…
Story Time
Shonaleigh Cumbers must be one of Britain's busiest storytellers. Despite working in a craft that continues to ensure oral histories,…
Behind the Mask
From the traditions of Japan’s Noh theatre, to Bali’s Topeng and Italy’s Commedia Dell’Arte, masked theatre has fascinated Eastern and…
Poetry texts (messaging, that is)
Text messaging has become one of the most popular ways of communicating in the 21st century. Media company Blink realised…
A Classic Case
Attracting audiences to contemporary classical music performances is no easy task. The difficulties posed by dwindling audiences for the genre…
Beginning again after FMD
During the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, Devon farmer and sculptor Marcus Vergette was imprisoned on his property for…
Regeneration needs Creative Clusters
The last two decades have seen the UK undergo a visible transformation as the nation moves into a post-industrial era.…
Two princesses and a pea
Alit Kreitz and Anton Mirto have an enviable friendship - one of those that only comes along once in a…
A marriage of art and social science - Part 1
Tom Cockburn is a social scientist at the University of Bradford who together with colleague Rory Francis – an artist…