I’ve put together a simple website at streams.culturaldigital.com to list lots of the performances, classes, and more that are being put online by cultural organisations while they’re closed. Here’s a bit of info about the what it is, why I put it together, and how.

Over the years there have been all sorts of publicly funded programmes aimed at getting cultural organisations to do more/better digital stuff. Details of many of these programmes are fading away, with domain names lapsing and pages being culled as part of website redesigns. So, for posterity, here’s

In the past couple of weeks I’ve had a few conversations about ‘digital’ in the cultural sector – the challenges, opportunities, and what to do about it all. The thing is, a term as broad as ‘digital’ is only a useful shorthand up to a certain point. You can only

If you’re ever doing a talk about the state of the sector you work in and are struggling to think of something profound, try this simple formula: “[subject matter] isn’t about [actually pretty crucial thing]. It’s about people.” Then soak up the applause, give people a chance

In a recent Cultural Digital email I said that a newly-launched website for a visual arts venue (I’m not naming them here) fell short in terms of “accessibility, performance, search engine optimisation, and other modern website standards/basic common sense”. I wanted to write something a bit more constructive

The Library contains a spreadsheet with the CMS, ticketing platform, donations platform, and website designers/builders of 350+ of the largest UK cultural organisations. I’ve just added a column to that spreadsheet showing which ecommerce platforms those cultural organisations are using for their online stores. Of the organisations in