Creative Scotland

Festival director Nicola Benedetti at the launch of this year's Edinburgh International Festival programme.

Eight-hour concert to open Edinburgh International Festival

The new Scots Scriever will be from Dundee and Angus.

Authors writing in Scots in this Scottish region sought for residency

Allison Gardner has worked at Glasgow Film for over 30 years.

How snow storms, Covid were weathered to create Glasgow Film Festival

Glen Docherty in the Highlands is among the locations visited by Scotland's Screen Machine service. Picture: David Redshaw

'Generous' sum doubles cash in pot for Highland £1.7m cinema bus

A Festival Fringe entertainer performs on the Royal Mile. (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Scottish festivals 'will lose global network' without British Council

At £1.2 million, Edinburgh’s Filmhouse cinema secured one of the highest amounts of money in Creative Scotland's recent tranche of funding decisions (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why £128m for the arts may not be as good as it seems on paper Alexandra Colalillo

Spectators lining the route of the UCI Cycling World Championships' women's elite road race as winner Lotte Kopecky of Belgium crosses the finish line in Glasgow city centre. (Photo by Will Matthews/PA)

World's largest cycling championships boosted Scottish economy by £205m

A crowdfunding campaign is underway to support Devine Tension's new promenade performance show Passion Project.

Culture crowdfunders launched for drag queen, pop-up cinema and railway mural

Gigha is located off the coast of Kintyre.

Island launches search for new Gaelic song to stop language from dying out

Shuggie Bain by Glasgow author Douglas Stuart was crowned winner of the Booker Prize last week - only the second Scottish book in the history to win in the history of the award. Picture: John Devlin

Scottish publishing snatches defeat from the jaws of victory – Brian Ferguson

Reviews should reflect the country at large. Picture: Neil Hanna

Laura Waddell: Review of Scottish arts is not private members’ club

Picture: Maccoinnich/commonswiki

Brian Ferguson: False dawn for St Peter's Seminary

David Leddy PIC: Dermot Fitzsimons

Theatre interview: David Leddy on the fight to save Fire Exit

Philip Deverell, Creative Scotland's director of strategy, says the organisation is "keenly aware" of barriers to progression in the industry.

Half of women in Scottish cultural sector say their gender has held them back

Poet Martin O'Connor

A conversation that can be beautiful as well as sad

Inverleith House at the Royal Botanic Garden is set to shut as bosses say it is too costly to run. Picture: EEN

Thousands back fight to save Inverleith House gallery

Novelist Kirsty Gunn dares to suggest that central government influence in the arts specifically, in literature can be unhealthy and unhelpful. Geraint Lewis/REX/Shutterstock

Leader: Novelist's criticism is just the opening chapter

Visitors attend An Tobar arts centre on Mull. Picture: Sarah Darling/Facebook

Mull’s Comar chiefs quit after bitter row over redundancies

The board of the acclaimed Mull Theatre have all been told to quit over speculation two long-standing members were forced out of their jobs. Picture: Contributed

Mull Theatre board all urged to ‘stand down’

The new statue would have been the first major Stirling artwork since Bruces statue at Bannockburn. Picture: Neil Hanna

Lack of funding ends William Wallace memorial plan

Toby Paterson - The Red Tavern

Susan Mansfield: Generation shows Scots lead way

Neil Gunn sailed the Hebrides with his family in 1937. Picture: Jane Barlow

Writer Neil Gunn’s voyage of discovery revived

Scarlett Johansson in Under The Skin, produced in association with Creative Scotland. Picture: Contributed

Why Scottish culture is a risky business

The 13-strong longlist will be whittled down to 6 in September. Picture: Toby Williams

Man Booker Prize: Dingwall publisher in the running

Creative Scotland unveils ‘action plan for change’

Creative Scotland awards: The nominees

To crown it hall

Arts blog: Can the arts survive austerity? Yes, if we don’t give in to cynicism

Arts funding reform plans to be delayed

Tim Cornwell: Decision-making gets the Creative spin

Creative Scotland under fire over controversial policy change

Creative Scotland under fire over controversial policy change

Chair defends shake-up in funding

Curtain rises on new cash deal for major Scots theatres

Writer pens arts cash plea

Interview: Emun Elliot, actor and star of Prometheus

Setback for Scottish film industry as locations chief quits

Denna Jones: Community arts organisations show they can thrive among the cuts to...

A chance for musical youth

Timothy West to bring Dr Johnson back to life for Boswell

Andrew Eaton-Lewis: The campaign seems designed to lure, and flatter, a particul...

Exhibition unlocks mystery of human movement
IT’S unlikely to increase sales of Jimmy Choos at Harvey Nichols. But an amazingly colourful X-ray of just how a woman’s foot looks when squeezed into a six-i...

Free classes to make music instrumental for youngsters

Arts charity contest

Letter: Art attack

Renowned writers' legacies put at risk

Arts Diary: Efficiency savings might be on the way but job titles are already ov...

City planner starts Lectures

New creative role for Sir Sandy Crombie

New arts body adds geography to mix for hiring three development directors

Making an opera of the story of Kaspar Hauser has become a serious undertaki...

Our friend in the North: new arts chief is English outsider

Tim Cornwell's Arts Diary: The night Creative Scotland got a laugh

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