I’ve been invited to meet Jeremy Hunt MP (or The Secretary of State for Culture, the Olympics, Media and Sport, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP to give him his full name) later today. The email said: The meeting will give the Secretary of State the opportunity to discuss his plans for local TV with you, as well … [Read more…]
The Conservative Party Conference starts tomorrow, so expect a fair amount of disruption around the city centre – especially the city end of Broad Street around the ICC and Symphony Hall. Travel advice aside, arts and culture will be getting a foot in the door a few times over the duration, including this lot: Jonathan … [Read more…]
The issue of local TV has cropped up again recently. A couple of weeks back Will Perrin put some thoughts down, responding to government plans to encourage the development of up to twenty new local TV stations by 2015. The general gist of his post (although I’d encourage you to read it) was that there’s no … [Read more…]
One Step Beyond! « ACE dance and music “Find out all about ACE’s Director Gail Parmel” Brigid McLeer – Resident Artist at The Rea Garden | Behind Closed Doors “We are pleased to announce that the third artist residency is under way here at The Rea Garden. Artist Brigid Mc Leer has been working down at the … [Read more…]
The other day someone described CiB as ‘a little ray of sunshine in [their] RSS reader’. I’m going to take time out now to ruin that by talking about funding cuts and such. Sorry. If it’s any consolation I’ll end the post with a picture of a bunny. The other week West Midlands Regional Observatory … [Read more…]