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Our newsletter features our favourite new articles on culture and the creative economy, as selected by the BOP team.
1. Creative industries and inclusive growth
No Hollywood ending for the visual effects industry (Freakonomics)
Why we should be taking note of Kuwait’s creative industries (World Bank)
A new growth strategy for the Midland’s video games sector [Report] (Ukie and Coventry & Warwickshire LEP)
2. Investment and impact of the CCIs
How do world cities finance culture? [Report] (WCCF)
The first comprehensive review of the Scottish animation sector (BOP)
How much are museums worth? (ASEF Culture 360)
Ireland’s live entertainment sector generates €3.8bn for its economy [Report] (Wide Awake)
3. Reaching new audiences
Digital music tools reshape music education (The Economist)
How cultural organisations can thrive on disloyalty (Wolff Olins)
VR will break museums (Medium)
Audience development starts with education, argues new EU study (Engage Audiences)
4. Best of The Blog
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Nov 4, 2021
How are major cities around the world responding to climate change through cultural policies and programmes?
The Green World Cities of Tomorrow: Culture and Sustainability
Paul Owens
Apr 22, 2021
5 Priorities for World Cities in the post-covid recovery period
Culture and the Climate Emergency
Paul Owens
Dec 4, 2020
Culture can play an important role in recovery and renewal across the UK, if the right local decision-making is put in place
Culture and the Recovery: Levelling Up Culture?
Callum Lee
Sep 23, 2020
This focused, coordinated set of measures can not only rescue the sector, but position it to lead the recovery
Central London’s celebrated cultural offer is in peril
Jonathan Todd
Aug 21, 2020
Three big questions as applications close for Arts Council England’s Cultural Recovery Fund
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #3
Paul Owens
Jul 30, 2020
The UK’s £1.57 billion recovery package: priorities for a New Deal
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #2
Paul Owens
Jul 20, 2020
Cities are using their unique capabilities to lead recovery and renewal
COVID-19: Cities, Culture and the 3 ‘P’s: powers, partnerships, place
Paul Owens
Jul 7, 2020
Investing in recovery, planning for transformation
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #1
Paul Owens
Jun 30, 2020
Recovery and renewal will depend on how we address the three dimensions of the crisis
COVID-19 is a triple blow to culture and the creative industries
Paul Owens
Jun 3, 2020
In the face of radical uncertainty leaders and policy-makers will have to take planning and collaboration to whole a new level
‘Plans are useless, planning is essential’
Paul Owens
May 13, 2020
Nobody knows what will happen next, but we have a good idea of the three necessary steps out of the crisis
Relief, Recovery and Renewal: navigating our way to a new kind of future
Paul Owens
Dec 20, 2019
A cause for optimism
Weaving the Golden Thread into the 2020s
Paul Owens