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A look at Boscombe’s National Lottery funded BEAF Arts Festival - 10 days of exhibitions, performances, workshops and events with local and international artists.

In April 2023 we welcomed a more than 250 new organisations to our National Portfolio, including Frozen Light – who this year celebrated 10 years of producing and touring amazing sensory theatre for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. This Learning Disability Week, we caught up with Co-Artistic Directors Lucy and Amber to chat about their journey, why their work is so important and what the future holds.

How culture is driving economic growth and pride in Kirklees.

We sat down with Carys Williams, Music Relationship Manager about her work on Eurovision and its’ legacy projects in Liverpool.

We caught up with Angie Bual, Creative Director and joint CEO of Trigger, on creating boundary-pushing work, their recent move to North Somerset, and their new touring show.

We caught up with our Chief Data Officer, Sanj Jagait, to find out about the Arts Council’s new audience data platform and how the creative and cultural sector can benefit from it.

Black Pens is a writing retreat for Black womxn supported through our National Lottery Project Grants programme.

We met with one of the brains behind the Isle of Portland's b-side festival, Rocca Holly-Nambi