TW March Round-Up: AI Consultation, ACE Diversity Review, Spiegeltent’s Edinburgh Return

THIS WEEK IN CULTURE + THE CULTURE BUSINESS

TW March Round-Up: AI Consultation, ACE Diversity Review, Spiegeltent’s Edinburgh Return

It’s the TW Backstage Round-Up – once a month we select and summarise three key developments in the culture business…

UK GOVERNMENT’S AI CONSULTATION
The UK government is reportedly planning to offer additional concessions to the creative and media industries as it reforms copyright law for the benefit of AI companies.

ARTS COUNCIL DIVERSITY REVIEW
In a new blog post, Arts Council England’s Diversity Director Abid Hussain says that “our creative and cultural sector is far more representative of the diversity of our country than it was in 2018”.

SPIEGELTENT RETURNS TO EDINBURGH FRINGE
The Famous Spiegeltent is returning to Edinburgh for this year’s Festival, it has been confirmed, with the venue setting itself up in the city’s St Andrew Square after a nine year break. The return coincides with the 21st anniversary of the venue’s most famous show, ‘La Clique!’, which will be performed in the space at this year’s Fringe.