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Arts Council England funding of National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for jazz 2014/2022
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Arts Council England funding of National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for jazz 2014/2022 Set below in Table 1 is the funding of the National Portfolio Organisations for 2014 to 2022. Please note only those organisations are included whose activity is a give or a take a percent, 100% jazz activity. They are the core jazz National…
Pete Allen – Newsletter August 2023
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Pete Allen – Newsletter August 2023 A couple of dates in August. The Newbury gig features the wonderful Shireen Francis, please see details below. A new album will be out shortly and there are details of my 45th anniversary as a band leader.August 2nd The Conservative Club, Sidmouth, 3pm to 5.30pm. Admission £15 at the door, preferably by cash or cheque…
After the war the arts came back stronger?
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Charlotte Higgins in her article, “After the war the arts came back stronger” had a self-prophesying ring about it (Please see article here). Ms Higgins erroneously says that the war was the last time cultural organisations ground to a halt. The Arts Council developed from the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA)…
The recipients of the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced on Monday 26th July at 19:00
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The recipients of the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Awards were announced on Monday 26th July at 19:00 The Parliamentary Jazz Awards are organised by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) with the support of PizzaExpress Live. The Awards celebrate and recognise the vibrancy, diversity, talent and breadth of the jazz scene throughout the United…
Intellectual Property Office consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
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Intellectual Property Office consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence There is an Intellectual Property Office (IPO) consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence – GOV.UK The consultation will run for 10 weeks. It commences at 10:30 on 17 December 2024 and will close at 23:59 on 25 February 2025. I am attaching a briefing paper from UK…
“Opera is often derided as elitist”
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There was a leader article, “Opera is often derided as elitist”, in the Guardian on the 28th September 2017. Regrettably the article ignores the fact that opera in the UK receives a disproportionate amount of public subsidy compared to other art forms and like the banks are too big to fail. In a time of…