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Ministers have come to the rescue. Artists must seize this chance – up to a point Lord Copper
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The leader article, “Ministers have come to the rescue. Artists must seize this chance” in the Guardian on the 2nd June (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/06/the-guardian-view-on-15bn-for-the-arts-the-shows-will-go-on) sounds reasonable till you analyse the Arts Council’s 10 year strategy “Lets Create”. “Let’s Create” reads as if written by people remote from the practical issues which the arts face every day and…
Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights
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On the 10th of September I attended a performance of City Lights at the Cadogan Hall sponsored by Citi and organised by Edicis. The event was to celebrate 125 years of British film. City Lights is Charlie Chaplin’s silent masterpiece that was produced after the introduction of the Jazz Singer in the Autumn of 1927…
Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence + The Culture, Media and Sport Committee State of Play Consultation
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Open consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence + The Culture, Media and Sport Committee State of Play Consultation Ambrose Bierce in the Devil’s Dictionary said consultation is “to seek another’s approval of a course already decided on”. there is some truth in that, but then if you don’t respond, the cosultation will truly be a lost…
Press Release: Celebrating Ten Years of Jazz London Radio
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Press Release: Celebrating Ten Years of Jazz London Radio Jazz London Radio celebrates its tenth year, reaching fans from London to the world! We will celebrate this throughout the month of April and May with a series of special programmes by our Presenters. Jazz London Radio began broadcasting in spring 2015 with the intention to offer…
National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the National Youth Chamber Choir of Great Britain at Southwark Cathedral July 1st 2015
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In the glorious surroundings of Southwark Cathedral the politicians nonsense of broken Britain was kicked firmly in the seat of the pants and into the Thames. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain ably led by Mark Armstrong and Ben Parry produced an evening of memorable music of Duke…
Does Jazz Get The Money Due To It – Jazzwise March 2020
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I was bemused to read in the article “Time for Change” that Arts Council England gives 16% of its music funding to jazz. My last calculation in “Public Investment in Jazz 2012-2022” (see https://chrishodgkins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Public-investment-in-jazz-2012-to-2022.pdf) showed that of the total funding of music for Regularly Funded Organisations was £359 million of which jazz accounted for £6.9million or 1.9%. For…