This article was written by our Director, Vicky Prior, and is not intended to wholly reflect the views of League of Culture Every time the General Election rolls round, I’m always irritated that the arts don’t feature more heavily. After all, if politicians led the way in emphasising the importance of the arts, maybe the […]
This article has been written by our Director, Vicky Prior, and is not intended to wholly reflect the views of League of Culture I don’t think it’s unfair to say that expectations of Sajid Javid’s performance as Culture Secretary had been brought low by his predecessors. Jeremy Hunt was vilified by many in […]
This article was written by our Director, Vicky Prior, and is not intended to wholly reflect the view’s of League of Culture The first Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value was excellent. So I had high hopes for the second, this time focusing on culture and education. Even better, second time round […]
This article is written by our Director, Vicky Prior, and is not intended to wholly reflect the views of League of Culture This week, the National Campaign for the Arts launched their ’50p for culture’ campaign. The campaign website is an excellent tool. The NCA have painstakingly collated data from every local council in England […]
League of Culture is delighted to be working with the People’s Health Movement on their second Assembly. The event takes place in Edinburgh at Queen Margaret University on the 10th, 11th and 12th of April. The League hopes that by working with healthcare professionals in the PHM, we can strengthen the bond between culture and […]
This report is by League of Culture’s Director, Vicky Prior, and is not intended to wholly reflect the views of the League I’m writing a very different end of conference report to the one I thought I’d be writing. I thought I’d tell you about all the amazing speakers I heard at No Boundaries […]
Last week, the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee held a debate in Westminster Hall around its new report; Supporting the Creative Economy. John Whittingdale (Con) kicked things off by calling the arts ‘a great success story’. He went on to say that ‘the arts make a substantial contribution, not just to this country’s cultural […]
On Wednesday, the House of Lords seemed to focus on cultural discussion. The Earl of Clancarty, a dedicated arts campaigner, asked ‘what encouragement they [the Department for Education] will give to the take-up of arts subjects in secondary schools]. Lord Nash, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Schools, responded with enthusiasm and listed where the arts […]
In Westminster Hall yesterday, 11 Labour and 6 Conservative MPs spoke in a debate on regional funding and the arts. Due to time constraints other MPs that were there did not manage to speak but it is understood by League of Culture that the Liberal Democrats were not present. All participants tried to make […]
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending the first provocation by the Warwick Commission into The Future of Culture. It was held in the fairly plush surroundings of the British Library and chaired by BBC newsreader Jane Hill. On the panel were Robert Peston, BBC Economics Editor, Alan Davey, Chief Executive of Arts Council […]
