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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

James Doeser: Arts Council England goes back to the future as new stategy seeks to unwind 75 years of history by James Doeser

This Monday, 27 January 2020, was a huge day for cultural policy fans. We enjoyed one of those rare astronomical events: Arts

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

James Doeser: Electioneering is a performance, but will the audience lose out? by James Doeser

It’s election time! Famous actors, musicians and artists have been on the telly, pounding the streets, and rallying the troops for their

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

James Doeser: BP or not BP, arts funding can get dirty in many ways by James Doeser

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s decision to end its sponsorship relationship with BP has been widely praised in our sector, but it has

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

James Doeser: Putting theatre under the microscope must have an impact on art by James Doeser

Plans are afoot for a new centre for cultural research – but what should it investigate? James Doeser has some ideas of

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Stage of reason: How theatre is being used to engage people in science by James Doeser

Scan the programme of any UK science festival and you will see that we are living through a golden age of collaboration.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

James Doeser asks: How can the 52% get what they want without damaging the arts? by James Doeser

Tamara Rojo and Kwame Kwei-Armah have joined other voices in the arts and spoken out against Brexit. James Doeser explores, a year

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

James Doeser: The Arts Council wants to know what you think, but will it listen? by James Doeser

Arts Council England is currently consulting on a strategic framework. Veterans of the cultural sector will remember the arts debate: a two-year

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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

James Doeser: Love Theatre Day is one of many ways of attracting new audiences by James Doeser

Theatre is whatever we want it to be, says James Doeser, who finds plenty of reasons to be cheerful as traditional and

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

James Doeser: Arts’ top tier remains dominated by the privileged few by James Doeser

While those at the top are keen to present the sector as meritocratic, recent research shows that talented young people are still

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

James Doeser: Six stories the latest NPO round tells us by James Doeser

Carefully examine Arts Council England’s national portfolio funding announcement and you’ll discover revealing insights about the state of subsidy – and the

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Friday, May 12, 2017

James Doeser: Government reviews are unsatisfactory and contradictory by James Doeser

Some of you will be lucky enough to have forgotten that the government published a Culture White Paper last year. It was

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

James Doeser: Is Arts Council’s plan to measure quality £2.7m well spent? by James Doeser

As a researcher, you might imagine I’d welcome the news that Arts Council England has set aside up to £2.7 million for

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

James Doeser: Are ticket giveaways for teens the best use of arts funding? by James Doeser

Earlier this summer, the Italian government announced a radical initiative: every Italian celebrating their 18th birthday before December 31 will receive €500

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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

James Doeser: Brexit is just the start of the war on culture by James Doeser

Back in 2010, the Ukip manifesto pledged to encourage a “return to proper dress” in theatres. It claimed that “smarter dress is

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

James Doeser: Culture White Paper – arts policy hasn’t evolved in 50 years by James Doeser

It’s been two weeks since Ed Vaizey, minister for culture and the digital industries, proudly announced the publication of the long-awaited Culture

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Monday, February 29, 2016

Has Arts Council England abandoned its dreams? by James Doeser

In 2010, Arts Council England put together a 10-year strategy, called Achieving Great Art for Everyone, that had the potential to revolutionise

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Culling data geeks is a short-sighted policy by James Doeser

Last month, a bunch of us stats geeks assembled at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for a rather niche celebration:

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