CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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With venues closed for the foreseeable future and no financial support from the government, musicians are facing a very bleak future, says JAMES DICKENSON
PLEA: Let Music Live campaign is calling on the government to recognise that freelance musicians are an economic asset
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
DESPITE increasing press coverage of the plight of music and musicians, little of any substance has been forthcoming for them in Britain.
A careful inspection of the grants given since the government’s £1.25 billion financial package for the arts was announced makes grim reading for individual musicians.
Not a single one has received any funding. Many are facing bankruptcy, homelessness and finding new careers after decades of work.
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