Arts Archives - Positive News

What went right this week: big cities breathed a little easier, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:33 +0000

Cities slashed air pollution, the renewables race accelerated, and Uganda chalked up a conservation win, plus more

Sam Haddad — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:15:59 +0000

A theatre project brings prisoners to the stage, challenging how society sees them – and how they see themselves

Angela Garwood — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:44:58 +0000

Britain’s felled Sycamore Gap tree is being transformed into a public artwork – and citizens are invited to have their say

Gavin Haines — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:00:39 +0000

Ireland’s basic income for artists goes permanent, there's progress on FGM, and polar bears prove resilient, plus more

Tom Pattinson — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:00:08 +0000

A 40-tonne sculpture dropped into waters off Tokunoshima, Japan, waits to be reclaimed by fish and coral

Tom Pattinson — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:00:13 +0000

Farming Photographs will see a field divided into ‘pixels’ of different wheats to grow a photographic-style artwork

Graeme Green — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:30:02 +0000

Acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan argues that the future is still very much in our hands

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:21:57 +0000

Writers with experience of homelessness share tales of overcoming adversity in a new book

Angela Garwood — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:00:03 +0000

Baby-friendly comedy clubs are giving exhausted new parents the chance to laugh, connect and swap nursery rhymes for punchlines

Tom Pattinson — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:00:25 +0000

Amid rising closures across the UK, singer Frank Turner is campaigning to preserve grassroots music venues