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Ask the Artist
Last night I went to the first Provocation to come out of the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value – it was titled ‘Are cuts to funding the greatest threat to culture?’ Now the Commission are quite clear … Continue reading
Posted in arts, arts funding, Politics
Tagged Alan Davey, artist, arts, arts council, Goldsmiths, Robert Peston, Value of Culture, Warwick Commission, Warwick University
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Say No to the Status Quo – how to use your vote to make change happen
Step 1: Find out who is standing for election – not just the big parties who will be letter-bombing your door with leaflets… Make a list. Step 2: Cross out anybody you would never vote for – whether the person … Continue reading
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Show me the evidence!
George and Dave may still be intent on showing us the money but I say “show me the evidence!” In the last decade, with almost global access (and input into) the internet and its many web-based resources, we have moved … Continue reading
Posted in arts, arts funding, Politics
Tagged arts, ask for evidence, data, evidence, health, NHS, science, sense about science, SIC codes
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Punishing the Unloved
Yeah, well, thanks Dave! I’d like to be married. Maybe I’ll still get a chance at it. As I head over the hill of 50 though it is statistically unlikely. Sadly, I just haven’t found love. I’d like to say … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged benefits, Bridget Jones, David Cameron, marriage, married couples tax rebate, single, tax
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Challenges for the Arts – response to Maria Miller (et al)
Maria Miller has made her speech and many have responded, mostly we are rehearsing the old arguments, couched in terms that Government can understand. I am going on Monday to a meeting of the movement ‘What Next’ which seeks to … Continue reading
Posted in acting, arts, arts funding, directing, Politics, theatre
Tagged arts education, Arts funding, education, Intellectual Property, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Maria Miller, Nick Hytner, Open Access Publishing, Tories, Zombies
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O Tempora O Mores
In 1974 I was eleven. To be honest I enjoyed the three-day week, its regular power-cuts, the romance of doing homework by candle-light (I was a romantic child, who loved the books of Frances Hodgson Burnett), I appreciated that we … Continue reading
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Les Miserables and Zombies
A lot of people have seen Les Miserables the musical, now a lot of people have seen Les Miserables the film, and some, like me, will also have attempted Victor Hugo’s mammoth novel. I was heartened to read that even … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, theatre
Tagged bourgeois, Cossette, Eddie Redmayne, Fantine, film, Jean Valjean, Les Miserables, Marius, politics, Tom Hooper, Victor Hugo, Zombies
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A manifesto for a reimagined world
There are many things wrong with the world, many ways in which it could be improved and we can only all do our bit to bring about the changes that might make those improvements. I can do small things to … Continue reading
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Of Men and Fringe (yes it’s NOT alliterative)
For the last two weeks most of my spare time has been taken up with Bits of Obits, a new writing mini-season featuring pieces inspired by obituaries. I got involved because @bitsofobits and I mutually followed each other within about … Continue reading
Posted in acting, directing, theatre
Tagged acting classes, acting workshops, Actors, Bits of Obits, fringe theatre, Perdekamp Emotional Method
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