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Sir Jocelyn Stevens obituary

14 Oct 2014: Ruthless Fleet Street magnate who later shook up the Royal College of Art and English Heritage
Regional arts funding imbalance will ‘worsen significantly’, warn arts leaders

Guardian Professional, 10 Oct 2014: Imbalances in funding between London and rest of the country scrutinised in new report on Arts Council investment plans
London should not hog great art works

27 Aug 2014: Letters: Jonathan Jones’s suggestion that Lucian Freud’s collection of Auberbach’s work must be left to Tate Modern is insulting
Artists must fight back against cuts

27 Aug 2014: Letters: The Artists’ Assembly Against Austerity will provide a space in which we can mobilise to effect real change
Arts head: Wendy Martin, head of performance, Southbank Centre

Guardian Professional, 19 Aug 2014: The ex-head of theatre and dance at the Sydney Opera House on the future of disability arts and making work accessible to all
Middle-class rules deaden too many arts venues. Let's fill them with life and noise

10 Aug 2014:
Mark Cousins: Artistic institutions are too often forbidding when they should be seductive. It's time to warm things up a bit
Writers' festivals are a place to connect during a time of global insecurity

7 Aug 2014: Antony Loewenstein: The popularity and diversity of writers’ festivals is growing around the world. It’s not hard to understand why: they’re vital for us to question, collaborate and come together
Jake Chapman accused of snobbery over comments about children and art

4 Aug 2014: Head of arts charity criticises controversial artist for saying that taking children to galleries was a complete waste of time
'Exploration of identity should not be limited to the national' – Scottish artists wrestle with independence issue

4 Aug 2014: Devolution may be unfinished business for much of Scotland's cultural community, but the complex issue of arts funding is just one of the practical considerations for the quieter no camp
Primary school after-school activities slump under coalition, Labour says

4 Aug 2014:
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman highlights drop in pupils doing after-school music, drama and dance activities
Wesley Enoch says Australia lacks the vocal arts leaders it deserves

29 Jul 2014: Director challenges a 'self-interested and defensive' cultural leadership that apes global trends and doesn't speak up for society, writes Steve Dow
Britain's black actors must be given a better choice of roles, says star of Spielberg series

27 Jul 2014: Treva Etienne of Falling Skies fame, the latest black Briton to find success in America, fears a generation of domestic talent is being wasted, writes Vanessa Thorpe
Sir Les Elton obituary

21 Jul 2014:
Local government officer who helped to put Gateshead on the cultural map
If we want theatre for the masses, we need grants to target audiences

12 Jul 2014:
David Edgar: Early experience of theatre, either as participants or spectators, is vital to encourage children, but the opposite is happening
'Go forth and fight': how to stage an arts funding revolution

11 Jul 2014:
Lyn Gardner reports from the In Battalions festival, where theatre-makers came together to consider how best to collectively influence government and change a dismal funding landscape