The Arts Dividend Revisited

* An updated and extended edition of The Arts Divided, originally published in 2016, exploring the new developments across Britain's cultural landscape; * An important addition to the debate on the role of artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries in everyone's life; * Explores the varied and far reaching benefits arts and culture bring, from economic dividends to place-shaping; and from the impact of cultural education to improving health and wellbeing; * Offers firsthand insights into many of this country's most innovative and inspiring organisations, innovations and cultural heritage ; * Written by Darren Henley, current chief executive of Arts Council England

An illuminating account of the importance of public investment in arts and culture.

England's artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries enrich our lives, increase our knowledge and open our minds to new possibilities. They make our villages, towns and cities better, more creative places to be. They build our reputation for innovation, boosting our economy and giving our nation increased prominence on the international stage.

Sustained and strategic public investment in art and culture enables this to happen. It's investment that pays big dividends in everyone's lives.

The Arts Dividend Revisited encourages us to consider our country's innate creativity and the invaluable rewards to be gained from the public investment that enables the arts, museums and libraries to be a part of everyone's lives, no matter who they are or where they live.

The result of a non-stop five-year journey across the length and breadth of England, Darren Henley reflects on our remarkable national cultural landscape from Cumbria to Kent and from Cornwall to Northumberland - and why he believes that public investment in creativity and culture can help us all to lead happier lives.