A hard hitting report on the state of the arts in this country has found there have been dramatic falls in arts funding since 2010. The report, The State of the Arts, by the Campaign for the Arts and the University of Warwick, concludes:

‘Core public funding for the UK’s Arts Councils and the BBC has fallen, and investment by local councils has plummeted.

‘Despite high public engagement with the arts, especially post-pandemic, cultural provision has contracted and remains fragile.’

Theatre director Michael Attenborough has written a guest blog for The Chiswick Calendar, giving his thoughts on the state of the arts in this country, in reaction to the report.