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Oliver Dowden is 41.

I would love this piece even if it didn't have the word "bassoon-curious" in the first paragraph.

On the peril for British classical music. Orchestras could be going to the wall within weeks; the entire infrastructure is threatened. A relief package is needed - but maybe some real change of outlook, too ... theguardian.com/music/2020/jun…

This is the man who was sacked from his job on The Times for lying about our history. theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

Another clumsy u-turn?

Newcastle Theatre Royal is to make half of its staff redundant as it grapples with the “devastating” impact of Covid-19. Without guidance on when theatres can reopen, it said it had been forced to make this decision bit.ly/3fXh1WU

Great work Oliver Dowden with your #Roadmap for #Theatres 🎭! And there was I thinking we'd make an immediate return to performing to packed houses, with maybe a few token rehearsals *afterwards* when the curtain comes down! Silly me! Keep up the good work! 💪 So helpful! 🤦‍♀️

Maybe this is your way of encouraging us to support The Stage and its journalists but why are you announcing policy (if that's not too generous a term) in a paywalled publication?

I’ve never seen a sunken ship distance itself from a rat before.

The latest Lost London piece by Victor Keegan is his 150th for OnLondon. It tells of a remarkable church in a prime visitor location that is "lost in plain sight": onlondon.co.uk/vic-keegans-lo…

Do read this frank, honest piece by Allan Clayton The Telegraph this morning about the perilous position singers (and many other musicians) are in telegraph.co.uk/opera/what-to-… BBC Radio 3

Sorry, what Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP - please tell me this is a misquote? I prefer the Wellcome evidence to the Education Select Committee definition: "to prepare people for life, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to contribute to a thriving society" (27/01/16)

paging Nicholas Mulroy

Announcing... our 2020-21 season! 🎉 While nothing is fully Covid-proof, it is our ambition that every project in this season will be delivered in some form. Find out more 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=HNU8A4… #hearthingsdifferently FULL BROCHURE: dunedin-consort.org.uk/20-21season

"Our prime minister comes to our concerts. It’s an issue for him." theguardian.com/music/2020/aug…

I'd love to be able to support this; but as the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey have already decided that the fallout from the pandemic is reason enough to call time on centuries of Sunday morning worship at the church where I was proud to sing, I don't feel I can. #StMargarets

Well now. slippedisc.com/2023/03/leaked…