Swamped by bots: how the cybercrime wave is affecting Bachtrack

A new report, The State of the Arts, highlights the challenges faced by policymakers. We address three key questions that should underpin their response.

In March, 15 months after they faced a storm of protest after cuts to UK opera, Arts Council England published Let’s Create: Opera and Music Theatre Analysis. It’s an eye-poppingly poor piece of work.

Based on extensive research from 300 UK performing arts organisations, a new report, Tomorrow’s Audience, has found that more people than ever before booked arts and cultural events in 2023.

With written journalism now overwhelmingly viewed online, we argue that its real regulation comes not from the legally appointed body but from Google, the gatekeeper of search.

The biggest shock in today's round of ACE funding cuts was the news that ENO is no longer to be part of the National Portfolio. 

The review is published. How was the staging? How well did X's role debut go? And more importantly... what was the star rating?!