It is good to read that Labour understands the need for a talent pipeline that feeds the huge potential for growth in the creative industries. But detail is lacking.
The Conservative manifesto had one page on arts and culture.
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Despite calling the sector ‘world leading’, both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to give any concrete commitments for funding the creative industries.
The marbles are a physical manifestation of what it meant to be Athenian during the 5th century BC.
The Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, one of the most popular venues for bands in the UK, is a small independently owned operation.
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Smaller live music venues are facing serious challenges to keep their doors open since the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. So is it time for proper financial intervention?
Once huge ratings draws, reality TV shows are facing dwindling audiences in the UK and elsewhere. Is this the end of the genre, or can it adapt to survive?
As a woman who has been working in the ‘boys club’ of the UK music industry for over 30 years I can say it’s been, at best, frustrating and exhausting.
Gradually, with more life experience, I have gained perspective and poetic nerve.
Cuts at Goldsmiths University in London could threaten up to half of departmental jobs in English, history, music, theatre and visual cultures.
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