Creatives twiddling their thumbs in lockdown can now get their hands on the audio stems and video files for Grimes’ single You’ll Miss Me When I’m Not Around – as the musician invites people to make their own versions of the music video
The newly launched ‘festival’ from the BBC is reviving some of the many cancelled UK cultural events in digital form, alongside the announcement of a funding initiative in partnership with Arts Council England
The Covid-19 pandemic is throwing up an awful lot of questions for creatives. It may seem difficult to find the answers, but as Ben Kay points out in this column, maybe acknowledging all the questions is a good start in these difficult times
Director Ian Pons Jewell shares his thoughts on becoming adland’s go-to director for everything weird and wonderful, and why he writes back stories for every single character – yes, including Skittles’ yoghurt boy
Thanks to coronavirus, JKR had to set up over 100 employees to work from home practically overnight. Here’s how they did it, and what they learned about keeping creativity going when you can’t be in the same room
Creatives and companies the world over are offering help and support during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is CR’s list of what’s available right now, which we will update regularly
The mattress brand teamed up with Channel 4 to celebrate World Sleep Day last Friday (March 13) and also released an ad celebrating the glories of a decent kip
This week we’re speaking with creatives to find out how they’re coping with the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Here, Sabine Zetteler, founder of creative PR agency Zetteler, talks to CR about supporting a team and being useful to clients in uncertain times
Shot in one continuous take on an iPhone 11 Pro, Apple is striving to highlight its camera credentials with a lengthy new concept film touring St Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum
Focusing on migration, displacement and family separation, filmmaker Colin Read creates an emotionally-charged video for Mild Minds’ latest single Walls
Giving or receiving feedback can be a daunting prospect. Yet it is vital for creating a working environment that is respectful, confident and productive. Here, leadership coach Tanya Livesey offers some tips and advice on the best way to approach it
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of Big Brother in the UK, the show that first began our love/hate affair with reality TV. We delve into how the genre has evolved over the past two decades, and where it’s set to go next
As technology offers the chance to change people’s ages, transform black-and-white footage into colour, and bring actors back from the dead, we explore how this is shaping our perception of history and what it means for actors’ futures
This time our agony aunt Anna Higgs tackles a question from a reader who feels overlooked, and talked over, in meetings, and offers some strategies for change
Featuring three specially designed covers by Jimmy Turrell, the latest issue of CR takes a look at how truth and lies are influencing our lives and the creative work that we make, from storytelling in the post-truth era to fact-checking in the age of fake news
As playwright James Graham turns his attention to “the most British crime of all time” in his upcoming TV adaption of the infamous Who Wants to be a Millionaire? coughing scandal, CR sits down with him to discuss the challenges of storytelling in the post-truth era
There’s been a surge in female-focused clubs, co-working spaces and events, but what do women in the creative industry actually get out of it, and is it fixing anything?
The short film is based on the real-life story of a gannet who fell hopelessly in love with a replica bird, which was part of a fake colony on an uninhabited island off the coast of New Zealand
Los Angeles-based graphic artist and animation director Daniel Savage has just released his new animated short Igneous, described as “an attempt to capture the emotional weight of dealing with the unexpected death of a parent”
As rumours swirl around season two of The Witcher, CR delves into how the fantasy world of this much-loved guilty pleasure was created
Returning to Cape Town from February 26-28, the annual design conference has completed its 2020 line-up with new speakers from Google Creative Labs, adam&eveDDB, Led by Donkeys and more
CR speaks to Plunge Creations, the studio that designed Unicorn, Tree, Queen Bee, and all the other psychedelic costumes that disguise the cast of The Masked Singer
The UK’s first online radio run by and featuring homeless people, Sound Judgement, has been launched by Accumulate, which bills itself as the “art school for the homeless”
When it comes to sex, how do photographers and directors capture intimate moments without making porn? We explore the challenges creatives face when documenting explicit content