Freelancers in the media have been left homeless, using food banks and even suicidal, campaigners say. bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Street Cat Named Bob: pet who inspired books and film dies aged 14 theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

'A better world we want to see.' It's your last chance to catch #SmallIsland. This ★★★★★ epic stage adaptation of Andrea Levy’s Windrush novel, by Helen Edmundson, is on YouTube until 7pm UK time tomorrow: youtu.be/pac-Furijsw

British theatres need serious support, says actor turned MP theguardian.com/stage/2020/jun…

🧚🌼 ‘Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.’ 🌸✨ Last chance to catch the Bridge Theatre's magical and immersive production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. It's streaming until 4pm UK time tomorrow: youtu.be/Punzss5sHto #BridgeDream

Nuffield Southampton Theatres to permanently close as UK arts crisis deepens theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul…

Please no. 😢 Save the Royal Albert Hall! bit.ly/3gkIbqT

Save British theatres and venues. Please sign this and let Rishi Sunak know it matters. #culture #jobs platform.organise.org.uk/campaigns/save…

Poetry to become an optional subject area in GCSE English literature exams next year Here are seven reasons not to give up on it ⬇️ bbc.in/2PucVu5

A Lebanese bride posed for photographs moments before a massive warehouse explosion sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut

We love this! The #ReclaimHerName project – from the Women's Prize and Baileys – will publish 25 well-known female authors (previously published with a male pseudonym) under their own name for the first time 👏 penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/…

Who knows someone with a Harley Davidson? We’ve had a special request from local resident Rachael. Her mum, Anne, is 83 & terminally ill – one of her last wishes is to just sit on the back of a Harley Davidson outside her house & see one ride past. Full info in image #Balham

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer bbc.in/3b7s3Ib

'We haven't seen anything like it since Harry Potter': UK bookshops report record week theguardian.com/books/2020/sep…

Tesco places limits on number of items shoppers can buy, following similar move by Morrisons bbc.in/3hZOnVF

DISASTROUS NEWS. 5,000 jobs gone in an instant. Picturehouse cinemas - the Ritzy, etc - are also owned by the chain. #Cineworld

Ten things you can do to help the theatre community during the new lockdown period whatsonstage.com/london-theatre…

This announcement today will have created anxiety and stress for many. Don't be afraid to reach out for help if you are worried about your mental health: Samaritans: 116 123 CALM: 0800 58 58 58 Young Minds: 0800 018 2138 The Mix (under 25s): 0808 808 4994

70,000 households in UK made homeless during pandemic theguardian.com/society/2021/j…

Private equity firms are taking home billions of pounds as high streets die and thousands are unemployed. #Dispatches studied the accounts of 10 well known brands including HMV, Cath Kidston, Debenhams, and Toys ‘R’ Us, that entered administration in the past three years. 1/