There’s a scene in Noël Coward’s play ‘This Happy Breed’ where a young chap bids a cheery “Sleep well!” to a particularly dour and pessimistic aunt. The reply is a shake of the head and the rejoinder: “Oh, I shouldn’t think there’s much chance of that.” The news that Mike Russell, the energetic Scottish Culture Minister, is to hold a series of open meetings to engage directly with artists and arts organisations over the creation of Creative Scotland (p1) may bring a similar response from... more
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Issue 196: Focus on Northern Ireland
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Focus on Northern Ireland
15 Jun 2009
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15 Jun 2009
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15 Jun 2009
James Hanks reveals the five websites he wouldn’t want to be without.
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15 Jun 2009
New public benefit guidance for charities does not take into account how arts charities operate. Sean Egan warns readers of potential delays and problems.
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15 Jun 2009
How can the arts sector make use of revenue management? Tim Baker and Jenny Scudamore draw lessons for our sector from the air travel industry.
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15 Jun 2009
James Hanks reveals the five websites he wouldn’t want to be without.
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15 Jun 2009
Theatre can fight back against the economic downturn if it sees the situation as a challenge to the imagination, as Charlotte Jones discovers in the fourth piece in our series on the recession.
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15 Jun 2009
Circus has proved to be a huge growth area in Northern Ireland. Will Chamberlain explains how circus skills are providing common ground for young people from different walks of life.
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15 Jun 2009
Marnie O’Neil offers an independent observation of arts and culture in Northern Ireland, and asks if the establishment is in tune with the needs and aspirations of the sector.
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15 Jun 2009
The arts sector in Northern Ireland has to grapple with twenty-first century challenges. Steven Hadley asks how the creation of a national audience development agency has equipped it to do so.