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The Active Ingredients
Our new guide for understanding arts and cultural interventions in health and social settings, developed with Aesop.
1. Innovation in delivery
Who profits from AI art? (Artsy)
US museums push forward to ‘cultivate curators of color’ (New York Times)
2. Cultural places
Art Basel is coming to save your city (Bloomberg)
The 10 Powerhouse Design Cities of 2018 (Metropolis)
Can other cities imitate Bilbao’s cultural-tourism success? (The Economist)
Edinburgh’s events sector create global cultural recognition for Scotland [Report] (BOP)
3. Global trends
Netflix sets its sights on Africa’s largest movie industry (Quartz)
29% of all European TV channels are based in UK [Brexit Report] (European Audiovisual Observatory)
4. Best of The Blog
Our newsletter features our favourite new articles on culture and the creative economy, as selected by the BOP team. You can subscribe here.
Your BOP newsletter - October
Finding the Active Ingredients in successful arts and cultural interventions
Oct 3, 2018
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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