David Sanderson
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Arts Correspondent at The Times
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24-01-2012 18:25:36
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Fairly damning report from Arts Council England on the opera world. Not on The Times and The Sunday Times but in paper. Opera is struggling to ensure it is a “living cultural practice” with none of the 40 most performed productions in the country written after the WWII, a ACE study has reported. mfl
Exciting news from Chichester Festival Theatre for new season: 'The first ever John le Carré novel on stage', The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, adapted by David Eldridge and directed by Jeremy Herrin
The society said last night it had “made the decision earlier this month to refer itself to the Charity Commission due to the sustained campaign of misinformation being made against us, and the potential for reputational damage in media reporting.”
pt iii Royal Society of Literature The Times and The Sunday Times
Several of the country’s leading writers including Ian McEwan and Alan Hollinghurst have called for the regulator to investigate the Royal Society of Literature’s “censorship attempt” which “plainly contravened fundamental literary values”. Royal Society of Literature The Times and The Sunday Times pt ii