Author: Jemma Jarman

This article was first published by Museums Journal. Arts Council England’s (ACE) new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Review 2018-2023 has found a rise in the proportion of the workforce who are Black, Asian and ethnically diverse, disabled or LGBTQIA+ in National Portfolio-funded organisations. The review used data provided by 661 National Portfolio Organisations (NPOs) over the past […]

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This article was first published by The Art Investor. The director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Tristram Hunt, has said that overseas visitors to the UK should pay a tourist tax in a bid to bolster cash-strapped national museums. Hunt cites an upcoming report from the Cultural Policy Unit, a new independent think tank […]

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This article was first published by The Guardian. A record 30 English local authorities have been granted effective “bailouts” enabling them to borrow money to avoid bankruptcy, as ministers advised them against selling off prized local assets such as historic buildings, parks and allotments. The councils, all of whom were experiencing “unmanageable” financial pressures, were given the […]

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