“The arts are not the cherry on the cake — they are the cake.” Opening a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, Melvyn Bragg said the UK should realise the full potential of the arts to transform our economy and society.

Our video clips of the House of Lords' arts debate have been seen over 2 million times in the last week. 💥 Thanks to everyone who's been sharing and supporting them. By popular demand, here is the full collection of videos, all in one place → campaignforthearts.org/news/highlight…

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… If you’re the kind of miseryguts who hates radio drama, you may enjoy this gratuitous attack on actors, directors, techies, execs & reviewers who are only trying to do their best. It won the Tinniswood award in 2021. BTW ‘Killing Eve’ gets a kicking too

Here is a very special moment after we reached the end of this incredible campaign by playing music by women and non binary composers for 26 HOURS nonstop! As @gdilaccio said: “This is just the beginning!” Ps.: you can still donate £1 for Equality paypal.com/donate/?hosted…

If you think 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' is the most sublime satire ever written then, instead of listening to my adaptation this afternoon, you may be better off downloading Today in Parliament or something cos this’ll just annoy you bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

A great week for play writing Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds! R&D for Tallulah Brown’s new play #Beldam. World premiere of Philippa Gregory first play #RichardMyRichard and James McDermott 🌈 Martha Loader and Kitty Morgan in schools teaching 400 children to write their first play! Arts Council England, South East

Our wonderful cast started rehearsals today for the West End Premiere of John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers 🛎️ Only 5-weeks until we open, tickets are selling fast! Have you booked yours yet?! #FawltyTowersWestEnd 🫎

INK Festival Suffolk (and world) premiere today of my piece 'Enough is Enough!' Meet Jacqui, the petrol-head MP, attending her 3rd Speed Awareness course. Stars Nicola Sanderson with her foot down

Time to crack on with a few pages of The Marriage of Figaro in Yorkshire for ⁦Bradford Opera Festival⁩

It wouldn’t be #FawltyTowers without John Cleese 🛎️ Check out this #behindthescenes image of our wonderful cast with #JohnCleese 🎭 Only 8 days until we open - who’s coming to check in?! #FawltyTowersThePlay

Yorkshire council doing away wi tapostrophe. End o tworld

WGGB is part of a coalition of organisations raising the alarm on the erosion of arts education in our schools and colleges It’s time for change to stop the #ArtsApocalypse tes.com/magazine/news/…

still on Sounds and cheaper than Top Boy bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

When I mentioned the relevance of my being a working class writer in a conversation a few years ago, the person (in the industry) replied “oh, I don’t think that’s a thing” 😂😂 channel4.com/news/working-c…

An in-depth exploration of the issues facing women working in TV in the UK, which confirms what our members are already telling us We continue to push for a fair and inclusive industry for all #EqualityWrites theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/a…

‘FAWLTLESS’ - Mail On Sunday 🛎️ The critics are loving #FawltyTowersThePlay - who is coming to check in?! It’s the ‘Funniest Show In Town!’ - Daily Express 🎭🛎️

Big woofs from start to finish. Bit of upstaging going on under the arch

Massively enjoyable Times obituary of Julia Budworth, part-owner of The Lady magazine. The account of the dispute with her son, Ben, over the new editor (whom you may have heard of) is particularly fabulous:

Due to PHENOMENAL demand, #FawltyTowersWestEnd extends to 4 January 2025! 🛎️ There is no better time to check in to the Apollo Theatre - head to fawltytowerswestend.com TODAY! 🫎

Ep1 of series 15 now. Fresh as a daisy on R4 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…