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The government’s attitude to Fatima and the arts will put them on the wrong side of history – they just don’t know it yet
The latest tone-deaf salvo from our government to the creative sector is a CyberFirst campaign (belatedly removed after an outcry), one part of which depicts a ballet dancer called Fatima. The text reads: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, advert, advertisement, arts, ballet, ballet dancer, campaign, culture, cyber, cyber first, dance, dancer, dancing, dido harding, economy, fatima, funding, government, independent, industry, oliver dowden, pandemic, rescue package, retrain, test and trace, theatre
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Dead Sheep, Park Theatre
While seven-way debate rages, broadcaster and debuting playwright Jonathan Maitland takes us back 25 years to a radically different political landscape: a time of regents, and of regicide. It’s 1990 – Thatcher the leader claiming divine right to rule, Geoffrey … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, alan clark, bertie carvel, budget, cabinet, comedy, conservative, debate, denis healey, drama, economy, eighties, election, elspeth howe, europe, eurosceptic, feminism, foreign secretary, geoffrey howe, house of commons, iron lady, john major, jonathan maitland, lady macbeth, leader, london, loyalty, macbeth, margaret thatcher, marriage, matilda, minister, north london, park theatre, parliament, paxman, play, politician, politics, prime minister, puppet, resignation, review, satire, sketch, spitting image, steve nallon, thatcher, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tory, trunchbull
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