Great night Southbank Centre @DavidNwriter in conversation with Dolly Alderton, beautifully introduced by Ted Hodgkinson. On chapter 7 already. 📚 ⭐️🏔️

Loved the Steve Hollingshead #1001days exhibition Oxo Tower Wharf thousands of days of London celebrating, each captured in a single photograph

Shout out for Griff Rhys Jones’ new show ‘The Cat's Pyjamas’ at Sherman Theatre and on tour. Part stand-up, part memoir, 💯 a good night out. The evening was topped off with an excellent curry with publisher Parthian Books Mowgli's Cardiff. Decor very showbiz!

Looking forward to visiting when in Sofia for IETM in June.

'We have a huge responsibility, the press, our community, and the wider mainstream world of theatre and everything, is to get the language right because it's discriminating, demeaning and awful.'

Jenny Sealey takes a moment to respond to yesterday's Daily Mail article.

A wonderful short film -make sure you watch it. Joyful and powerful riposte to those that think arts and culture should only be for the privileged few.

⏰ Less than two weeks left to apply for an International Collaboration Grant of up to £75k.

🤝 The grants will support cultural collaborations around the world.

🔗 bit.ly/3S8a3mN

📅 Apply by 30 April
#InternationalCollaborationGrants

A Davies MS said in the Senedd yesterday ‘I don’t want to live in a country where the choice is either see my GP or see a Van Gogh. That is not a civilised choice. That is the choice of a failed state’. Indeed. See ⁦Gary Raymond⁩prolific blog below open.substack.com/pub/raymondwri…

Great read and advice Watershed clarered

1. You can’t save your way to health
2.    Centre your values
3.    Think in three horizons
4.    Focus on increasing profit not just revenue
5.    Test out ideas

See below for details

The Passion of Port Talbot will be remembered on BBCTheReunion on 21st April with michael sheen 💙 Kirsty Wark M Y D D P H A R O SC Productions Ltd Diane Botcher Can't wait to hear the making and meaning of this powerful film National Theatre Wales BBC Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Artes Mundi Alumni at Venice Biennale 👏

🌟Mounira Al Solh, AM10 artist is representing Lebanon
🌟John Akomfrah, winner of the AM7 Prize represents Britain
🌟Yael Bartana, winner of the AM4 Prize is representing Germany alongside other artists

labiennale.org/en/news/bienna…

Update: Arts Council of Wales Staff Changes and Financial Savings | Arts Council of Wales arts.wales/news-jobs-oppo…

Gwen Davies’s letter to the Culture Committee detailing the way the Books Council of Wales have mismanaged the magazine and publishing sector is explosive.

More shots fired at the Books Council of Wales open.substack.com/pub/raymondwri…

Weds 17.4.24 0830-0930

Following the very well-attended Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales session, this week @WhatNextCymru will continue our discussion:

JOIN via linktr.ee/whatnextcymru

+ a preview of LlandeiloLitFest which has a feast of children's authors 26-28th April.

#WNCulture 2/2

Five stars for #JohnAkomfrah 's #BritishPavilion at La Biennale di Venezia from Guardian culture🎉

' #ListeningAllNightToTheRain is more than immersive. It is unhinging, sorrowful and utterly captivating.'

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Smoking Dogs Films
Lisson Gallery
British Council

Join us tomorrow along with British Council Wales in partnership with @UA_Institutec for a zoom event on how the cultural sector in Wales can learn to support and nurture cultural connections with Ukrainian artists.

Register here: rb.gy/pduojh

Save the date

The call for applications for the third round of Fluxus Magnetic international Visual Arts residencies in France and in the UK will be open from 21 May to 15 of July 2024.

Find out more here: wai.org.uk/news-jobs-oppo…

This is sad and I fear the first of many such announcements.