Thinking

Thinking

Just like Rome

January 5, 2023

Timothy Ambrose
Funding
Culture
Museums

Just like Rome

Just like Rome

How have museums fared in the Arts Council latest National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) funding round? Museums expert Tim Ambrose analyses the impact of the Arts Council's artistic priorities on the heritage-centric sector.

Greenwich Town Centre plans for an active, cultural public realm

December 8, 2021

High Streets
Culture
Funding

Greenwich Town Centre plans for an active, cultural public realm

Greenwich Town Centre plans for an active, cultural public realm

Fourth Street co-wrote the High Streets for All bid for Greenwich Town Centre, one of 15 projects recently funded by the Mayor of London. Mary-Helen Young discusses the question: In an age of declining retail, how can high streets support non-transactional exchange through cultural and community uses and activity in public realm?

Architecture Competitions

June 17, 2021

Jim Roberts
Architecture
Culture
Museums
Placemaking

Architecture Competitions

Architecture Competitions

National Museums Liverpool announces star-studded shortlist. Jim Roberts asks whether these competitions are even worth entering.

Culture in Quarantine

March 31, 2020

Covid-19
Culture
Health & Wellbeing

Culture in Quarantine

Culture in Quarantine

Community activities such as choirs, yoga and dance classes, and other local providers help to strengthen the fabric of neighbourhood culture. How can the idea of 'shop local' increase sustainability for community activity providers as they move online during the shutdown?

Creative ecologies': a useful concept?

February 3, 2020

Culture
Creative industries

Creative ecologies': a useful concept?

Creative ecologies': a useful concept?

Does the creative ecologies concept support a research and policy agenda that could help the creative industries thrive?