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Hard Times
Throughout September I stood on street corners in Peckham and handed out flyers for the Peckham Fun Palace. Well I tried to. The first set of flyers were designed to encourage people to come forward with ideas and suggestions, or … Continue reading
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Tagged big society, david rawlings, fun palaces, gillian welch, hard times, peckham, plan b, poverty, Sam Kogan, UKIP
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Things I’d like to see (part 1): Real diversity in the arts
I’ve been thinking a lot, a lot, a lot about this. And, you know me, talking about it quite a bit. The thing about diversity is – it’s quite diverse and there are going to be certain barriers that are … Continue reading
Posted in arts, arts funding, Politics, theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged all my sons, arts, critics, diversity, education, hamlet, maxine peake, royal exchange manchester, theatre royal plymouth
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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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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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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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Welcome to the War Zone
And I don’t just mean Christmas parties and Christmas shopping! Our last two rehearsals have concentrated on the end of the play, which culminated yesterday night with me issuing the instruction ‘anyone who isn’t actually dead at this point can … Continue reading
Posted in acting, directing, Julius Caesar, Politics
Tagged acting, christmas, Democracy, Julius Caesar, Occupy, Rehearsal, RSC Open Stages, shakepeare, Southside Players, Twitter, war
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Are We All Zombies Now?
I’m not an economist and have only recently become interested in economics – mostly because I am interested in the dire political situation we find ourselves in – reinforced by recent riots but also by reports of rising unemployment, closing … Continue reading
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Tagged politics, precariat, riots, Zombie Business, Zombie Economics, Zombie Households
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