The Latest Breaking News from Arts Council

The public body has extended the deadline for a new ENO main base outside London by three years.

Dramatists are increasingly being strung along and ignored. We must act now to save the UK’s great playwriting culture

Lord Sumption — former Supreme Court judge plus medieval historian — has the reputation of being the cleverest man in England. To this can be added that he’s an ornament to the London arts scene. I’m talking about his resignation from the board of the English National Opera. By quitting…

René Olivieri tells Hay festival the charity is in process of deciding what to do about stolen objects in its properties

Editorial: It is refreshing to hear new ideas, but dividing culture into the best and the rest won’t do anyone any good

We’ve faced criticism for investing in areas outside London, but people around England told us they wanted to experience culture close to home, says Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota

So this is what “a re-imagined artistic and business model” looks like at London’s second opera house, the ENO: a programme featuring the company’s best-loved hits and no Wagner.

The Arts Council should focus on high-quality performances while a new body deals with community-based initiatives, says Nicholas Hytner, former artistic director at the National Theatre

The outgoing director of the London Symphony Orchestra says that cuts by Arts Council England and the BBC risk destroying the entire sector