The Cosby Show’s Phylicia Rashad takes on her next big role as Howard University’s College of Fine Arts dean By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 00:49 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 00:49 BST, 13 May 2021 Phylicia Rashad is going back to college, but this time she’ll be in a leadership role. Howard University … Read more
It’s not just certain animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. There are also indigenous languages that may eventually become endangered because the number of native speakers keeps dwindling every year. The younger generation rarely learns or speaks the language at home or in school. Google Arts & Culture now has a new tool … Read more
Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee has revealed she is now running a performing arts school in Dubai which has 600 pupils. The star, 45, took on the job after moving to the UAE permanently with her husband Johnny Shentall, 42, and their two children Jaden, 13, and Star Lily, 11, in 2011. The couple launched the Dubai Performing Arts … Read more
Historic statues should NOT be pulled down, Arts Council boss Sir Nicholas Serota tells MPs Sir Nicholas Serota told MPs controversial artefacts could be ‘reinterpreted’ Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has threatened to pull funding from museums The government is opposed to removing statues dedicated to slave owners Boris Johnson expressed his dismay after slaver Edward … Read more
Glastonbury’s £900k bailout: Festival will receive huge grant as part of initiative to keep arts sector afloat By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 00:04 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 2 April 2021 Glastonbury will receive a grant of nearly £1million as part of a major cash injection to keep the arts sector afloat, it … Read more
Pupil is suspended as sexual misconduct claims are probed by police at £22,000-a-year public school to the stars Pupils made a number of allegations to staff at Fine Arts College in Hampstead It is understood that a male pupil has been suspended pending an investigation Parents of school’s 200 pupils, aged between 13 and 19, … Read more
Pupil is suspended as sexual misconduct claims are probed by police at £22,000-a-year public school to the stars Pupils made a number of allegations to staff at Fine Arts College in Hampstead It is understood that a male pupil has been suspended pending an investigation Parents of school’s 200 pupils, aged between 13 and 19, … Read more
Australian arts and entertainment industry offered an extra $135million in Covid-19 recovery fund By Aap Published: 23:57 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 23:57 GMT, 24 March 2021 The arts and entertainment sector is being offered another $135million to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the money ($125million) will top up an existing recovery … Read more
My brilliant late father, who would have turned 100 this week had he lived, was fond of delivering mock-pompous Johnsonian pronouncements (no, not that Johnson; I mean Samuel, of dictionary fame). Three in particular stick in my mind. The first was his reaction when I passed my 11-Plus, after I told him that school friends who’d … Read more
‘We are going to lose a generation of incredibly talented people’: Katherine Jenkins slams the government for not supporting the arts enough during the coronavirus crisis The singer, 40, spoke about the issue on Emma Forbes’ podcast Life and Soul last month, and reflected on how the pandemic has impacted the lives of so many … Read more