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Historic England recently commissioned The Audience Agency and our partners MyCake to start establishing the size of the sector using publicly available data sets.

New data shows that arts and cultural engagement has greatly increased, but some groups remain cautious about live events, whilst the cost-of-living crisis will impact attendance, and the preference for home working makes local events more popular.

"There was a joinery of lives all worked together, smooth in places, or lumpy, but joined. The work and the living you did was the same things, not separated out like today.”

― Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

“Person A understands Person B because the time is right for that to happen.”

― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

“Any one can get angry—that is easy—or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for everyone, nor is it easy.”

― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

Richard Leeming reflects on a wide range of fascinating and impactful speakers' real world examples of how they’re delivering transformative schemes in their local areas.

Including...the Museums Tech 2022 conference, a guide on producing hybrid events and Nationa Theatre on Instagram.

Including... WhatsApp Premium for businesses, reducing the environmental impact of your digital engagement, and graphic design tips.