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Arts Council chief tells Mayor: Stop meddling

13.11.09
Head of the national Arts Council calls on politicians to stop meddling in the arts in a thinly veiled attack on Mayor Boris Johnson... more

Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire - Mr & Mrs West End

06.11.09
Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire have quietly become the biggest players in theatreland. Here they reveal how their passion for the stage has finally paid off... more

Mayor attacked for trying to give 'Tory patsy' top arts job

04.11.09
Culture Secretary accuses Boris Johnson of trying to undermine the independence of London's Arts Council by appointing a 'Tory patsy' to head the organisation... more

Boris Johnson attacks minister for blocking his arts job choice

08.10.09
Boris Johnson accuses Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw of acting 'outrageously' after the Government blocked the Mayor’s choice for a top London arts job... more

Blur star and the bees create buzz at ‘Pestival’

25.08.09
A giant termite mound and a black cab with a beehive are to be part of London's first insect festival at the Southbank Centre.... more

Top hotels give up their secrets for Open House weekend

17.08.09
Two Park Lane hotels are unlocking their secrets to the public for the first time... more

2012 and all that

27.05.09
Olympics: Our round-up of the latest Olympic news... more

Don't ruin arts boom by cutting cash, says opera boss

22.04.09
The head of the Royal Opera House appeals to the Government not to wreck the thriving arts scene that is one of its greatest achievements... more

Half a million tickets to lure young to drama

10.02.09
Rupert Penry-Jones and Sheridan Smith have launched a £2.5 million scheme to get young people into theatre... more

Forget being popular: now give us a real champion of the arts

30.01.09
The Arts Council is set for a change of leadership. It must resist the meddling of ministers — and redefine the cultural Olympiad, says one expert... more

Body without language from Xavier Le Roy

19.01.09
Xavier Le Roy sits on a boggo chair at a boggo desk and contorts and inverts himself into shapes and patterns that could be something or nothing. ... more

Music drive strikes a chord with Sting

14.01.09
Sting is to donate a guitar to the Mayor's instrument amnesty in a drive to give every child in London the chance to learn to play music... more

London's top theatres give free tickets to young people

17.12.08
Twenty-five London theatres are to take part in the Government's free tickets for young people scheme... more

Pupils call for more freedom 'to be creative'

26.11.08
Pupils want less formality and more internet in schools to help increase the country's creativity... more

Art lovers get funding for gallery in their own tower block

13.10.08
If you live in an East End tower block, then becoming the next Charles Saatchi may seem a little unlikely... more

Seizure is rhapsody in blue crystal

01.10.08
Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. ... more

Seizure is rhapsody in blue crystal

01.10.08
Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. ... more

History buff Almunia can't wait to return to the battlefields of Europe

17.09.08
Manuel Almunia's interest in the Second World War gives the goalkeeper an extra reason to be happy his Arsenal side are travelling to Kiev... more

Ministers recruit young Muslims as advisers

28.08.08
Young Muslims are to become personal advisers to Cabinet ministers in the latest bid by the Government to combat Islamic extremism in Britain... more

Crystal Method for Roger Hiorns

26.08.08
Roger Hiorns has taken a derelict London bedsit and filled it with a toxic, ever-expanding chemical sculpture. He promises spectacular results.... more

The man with the Midas touch

19.08.08
Michael Grandage has transformed the Donmar into a theatrical powerhouse. Now he explains why he's offering Dench, Law and Branagh in the West End for only a tenner.... more

'Out-of touch' Arts Council upset too many people over funding

30.07.08
A damning report on Arts Council England's funding process branded the organisation "unhelpfully cumbersome", "impersonal" and out of touch... more

Why does the Southbank need another £16.5 million?

21.05.08
Michael Lynch claimed the Royal Festival Hall revamp was on budget - but there was a hole in the sums.... more

Museum chiefs want tax deals to boost donations by public

25.04.08
A campaign by leading museum and gallery directors for greater charitable giving is being backed by the Tories... more

We need a new culture of giving, say arts bosses

25.04.08
Museum and gallery directors are launching a campaign to encourage greater charitable giving... more

Suburbs miss out in Arts Council carve-up

03.04.08
London's outer boroughs are not getting their fair share of funding from the Arts Council, its executive director for the capital admitted... more

Jobs axed as Arts Council cuts bite

10.03.08
The devastating effect of the Arts Council funding cuts on the capital can now be revealed... more

Hydrogen cell helps theatre clean up its act

13.02.08
London's first theatre production powered entirely by a hydrogen fuel cell opens tonight... more

The plinth parade

08.01.08
A replica of HMS Victory, a family of meerkats and members of the public are in the running to stand on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.... more

Emin wallets to be handed out for free

19.03.07
Commuters can now own a pocket-sized artwork by Tracey Emin. The Turner Prize nominee has designed a travel wallet. Copies of the wallet will be distributed in cities around the country.... more

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