The widespread closure of small- and medium-sized concert halls across the UK has left the grassroots music industry in a critical condition – but DIY, community-led spaces are leading a fightback. How are they adapting their offerings to get punters through the door and keep the lights on?

While the internet has made it easier than ever for musicians to be heard online, smaller artists need to tour to make money. As a result, domestic concerts are popping up in the US and beyond. How are online booking sites helping bands and hosts create professional, intimate house gigs?

Skateboarding may seem like a young man’s sport to an outsider, but at London-based BaySixty6, anyone and everyone is welcome to grind the rails, with dedicated sessions for beginners, women and older skaters. How is this once niche, counter-cultural activity becoming more inclusive?

While public funding bodies often invest more into London’s cultural landscape than the rest of the country’s, the Yorkshire-based Hepworth Wakefield gallery is proving that regional areas are just as worthy. Having drawn 210,000 visitors in 2016, it’s helping to democratise the arts in the UK.