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BREAKING: the UK's arts and culture sector. 🚨 It's in a critical condition, with some of the lowest levels of investment and development in Europe, says our major new report with CCMPS Warwick Uni, launching tomorrow. #TheStateOfTheArts 🎶💃🎭🎨✍️📸🎥🧵 theguardian.com/culture/articl…

🚨 Publication day! 🚨 Today, my new book - 'The England No One Cares About' - is published with Goldsmiths Press/@MITPress! Link to order: amzn.eu/d/0fx2jxvP Also, my new 17 track Context album - the soundtrack to the book - is out too! Link: open.spotify.com/album/3swHkkHB…

📢 New Article Alert! 🚨 Just published my latest research on the resistance to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) within the British TV industry. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… #Diversity #Inclusion #Television #Research #CulturalEconomy #Equality #MediaStudies #NewArticle

How To Draw A Bicycle ✏️ 🚲 The current exhibition at the Winchester Gallery offers opportunities for visitors to contribute to the exhibition! Join in - we're open until 3 August (Tues-Fri 12-6pm & Sat 12-4pm) Find out more: southampton.ac.uk/wsa/winchester… Photo credits Xinyue Li

What do policymakers need to know about arts, culture and heritage? A new Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre policy brief on audiences and workforces pec.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

The LGA commissioned a series of infographics to illustrate the challenges in cultural funding which councils are facing. We ask GOV.UK for a long-term, sustainable and multi-year funding settlement to make lasting positive impact for communities. orlo.uk/tFvTV [1/2]

We've had some last minute donations into Winchester Poetry Prize 2024 Pay It Forward scheme 🤗 If you are a poet on a low-income and would like to benefit from this scheme, send us ONE poem clearly labelled PAY IT FORWARD before the end of the day! winchesterpoetryfestival.org/wpp24

We're delighted to announce that our co-authored (Joseph Owen | @mjhowcroft | Nicky Marsh) article -- Levelling Up, affective governance and tensions within "pride in place" -- has been published in Politics + Space (Politics + Space). Please read and share: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

How do cultural, sporting and community events impact their local economies? The Centre’s @EmmaMcDoofus shares seven essential reads that explore the complexities of calculating the economic impact of major events and how this connects to social value. culturehive.co.uk/evaluation-lea…

Bridges Beyond Borders: An Anthology of South Asian Writing is now available for pre-ordering. Please consider pre-ordering a copy to support the project. @AiyshaJahan & Susmita Bhattacharya are so excited to launch this book on the 11th of September. bit.ly/3AKs85k

We get a lot of questions about the nature of AI's environmental impacts... So my amazing colleagues MMitchell and Bruna Trevelin wrote a handy primer to explain them! huggingface.co/blog/sasha/ai-… Check it out to learn more about the water, energy and natural resources used to

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with us in our Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF) project at the University of Toronto. Deadline for application: Sep 20 Details here: utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/sites/utsc…

Oh! I've just realised today is official publication day for my book... I've yet to see one in the wild but @sallysharp has sent me proof it does actually exist. All she had to do was say some nice words about it on the back cover... Obligatory link: bloomsbury.com/uk/corporate-l…

We’ve launched the Culture and Place Data Explorer 🔎 This new interactive data tool allows users to map investment in culture and creativity with over 200 other data indicators that tell us more about people and places across the country Find out more > artscouncil.org.uk/your-area/cult…

Start the week by listening to a podcast series from some of the Creative Diversity APPG team on what works to make creative industries and creative Higher Education can be more diverse soundcloud.com/interrogatings…

🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 ‘Grand designs?’ Investigating the cultural and spatial logics of Channel 4’s media hub workspaces in Leeds, Bristol, and Glasgow, co-authored with Katherine Champion 🏙️📺journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Today we've published the Cultural Freelancers Study conducted by University of Essex The aim of this study was for us to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by freelancers across artforms we support Read the blog ⬇️ artscouncil.org.uk/blog/cultural-…

Are you planning to submit evidence to the Government's Curriculum and Assessment Review? We have prepared a detailed guide to support you in making an effective submission. buff.ly/4g32QyT

New book available free to download: Music Power Relations and Beyond: Critical Positions in Higher Music Education. I'm delighted to have a chapter in it. A great resource for music HEIs. musikene.eus/prihme/?lang=en

New! The second Arts and Humanities Research Council Place Programme report is now online. Outlines how we can deliver, evidence, catalyse, and imagine people-centred, place-based approaches in ways that can secure positive social-economic outcomes for people, place and economy. ⬇️