http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-14810-arts-council-england/topic-rss.do Arts Council England RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773668-orchestras-finance-boss-siphoned-off-pound-560000.do Financial director of the publicly-funded London Philharmonic Orchestra faces claims that he took £560,000 to fund an extravagant lifestyle 2009-11-23T13:08:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23769357-arts-council-chief-tells-mayor-stop-meddling.do Head of the national Arts Council calls on politicians to stop meddling in the arts in a thinly veiled attack on Mayor Boris Johnson 2009-11-13T13:27:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23765470-howard-panter-and-rosemary-squire---mr-and-mrs-west-end.do 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 2009-11-06T10:06:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23764269-mayor-attacked-for-trying-to-give-tory-patsy-top-arts-job.do 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 2009-11-04T10:09:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23736653-blur-star-and-the-bees-create-buzz-at-pestival.do 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. 2009-08-25T14:39:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23732907-top-hotels-give-up-their-secrets-for-open-house-weekend.do Two Park Lane hotels are unlocking their secrets to the public for the first time 2009-08-17T06:40:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23700395-2012-and-all-that.do <b>Olympics:</b> Our round-up of the latest Olympic news 2009-05-27T14:06:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23679154-dont-ruin-arts-boom-by-cutting-cash-says-opera-boss.do 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 2009-04-22T08:42:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23638243-half-a-million-tickets-to-lure-young-to-drama.do Rupert Penry-Jones and Sheridan Smith have launched a £2.5 million scheme to get young people into theatre 2009-02-10T15:22:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23631816-forget-being-popular-now-give-us-a-real-champion-of-the-arts.do 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 2009-01-30T08:46:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23622579-body-without-language-from-xavier-le-roy.do 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. 2009-01-19T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23618870-music-drive-strikes-a-chord-with-sting.do 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 2009-01-14T11:06:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603671-londons-top-theatres-give-free-tickets-to-young-people.do Twenty-five London theatres are to take part in the Government's free tickets for young people scheme 2008-12-17T14:18:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23592911-pupils-call-for-more-freedom-to-be-creative.do Pupils want less formality and more internet in schools to help increase the country's creativity 2008-11-26T14:10:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23571783-art-lovers-get-funding-for-gallery-in-their-own-tower-block.do If you live in an East End tower block, then becoming the next Charles Saatchi may seem a little unlikely 2008-10-13T08:00:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23562432-seizure-is-rhapsody-in-blue-crystal.do Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. 2008-09-30T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23562427-seizure-is-rhapsody-in-blue-crystal.do Just north of Elephant and Castle, in an unlikely housing estate, something beautiful and deadly is blooming by artist Roger Hiorns. 2008-10-01T08:01:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23556616-history-buff-almunia-cant-wait-to-return-to-the-battlefields-of-europe.do 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 2008-09-17T09:31:06Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23546179-ministers-recruit-young-muslims-as-advisers.do Young Muslims are to become personal advisers to Cabinet ministers in the latest bid by the Government to combat Islamic extremism in Britain 2008-08-28T10:15:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23544649-crystal-method-for-roger-hiorns.do Roger Hiorns has taken a derelict London bedsit and filled it with a toxic, ever-expanding chemical sculpture. He promises spectacular results. 2008-08-26T09:33:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23541568-the-man-with-the-midas-touch.do 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. 2008-08-19T10:52:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23523296-out-of-touch-arts-council-upset-too-many-people-over-funding.do A damning report on Arts Council England's funding process branded the organisation "unhelpfully cumbersome", "impersonal" and out of touch 2008-07-30T07:23:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23486327-why-does-the-southbank-need-another-165-million.do Michael Lynch claimed the Royal Festival Hall revamp was on budget - but there was a hole in the sums. 2008-05-21T09:32:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23480322-museum-chiefs-want-tax-deals-to-boost-donations-by-public.do A campaign by leading museum and gallery directors for greater charitable giving is being backed by the Tories 2008-04-25T10:43:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23480250-we-need-a-new-culture-of-giving-say-arts-bosses.do Museum and gallery directors are launching a campaign to encourage greater charitable giving 2008-04-25T07:26:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23472626-suburbs-miss-out-in-arts-council-carve-up.do London's outer boroughs are not getting their fair share of funding from the Arts Council, its executive director for the capital admitted 2008-04-03T07:25:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23450871-jobs-axed-as-arts-council-cuts-bite.do The devastating effect of the Arts Council funding cuts on the capital can now be revealed 2008-03-10T09:09:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23437319-hydrogen-cell-helps-theatre-clean-up-its-act.do London's first theatre production powered entirely by a hydrogen fuel cell opens tonight 2008-02-13T08:50:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23431305-the-plinth-parade.do 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. 2008-01-08T12:05:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23389438-emin-wallets-to-be-handed-out-for-free.do 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. 2007-03-19T08:27:31Z