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The Big Debate 2009

November 4, 2009 by Chris Unitt

So, can the Midlands’ creative industries revolutionise the UK economy? Well, I wasn’t at The Big Debate on Monday, so I can’t tell you what the answer was. Here’s a list of ideas that came out of the event, although if that’s anything to go by the answer was “no, we need to sort ourselves … [Read more…]

A suggestion for festival organisers

June 10, 2008 by Chris Unitt

Don’t promote your entire programme, promote small batches of events. By all means have a list of everything that’s going on (I’m sure it’s very big and impressive) but don’t go wave it in peoples’ faces too much. Not my idea but that of Anthony Rose from the BBC. His point, made at The Big … [Read more…]