A really insightful & data rich meeting of ALVA Heads of Finance forum today, generously hosted by our partner Farrer & Co. Updates on advocacy, Easter business, membership retention, secondary spend, Gift Aid (thanks CharityFinanceGroup ), & pricing models courtesy of Baker Richards

This was a delight to listen to

London’s Central drama school axes audition fees to end elite grip on the arts theguardian.com/education/2024…

VIDEO: Extreme window cleaning Tower Bridge as our cool-headed contractors hang 42m above the #Thames to give the underside of the famous glass floors a good scrub, for the first time since they were installed 10 years ago. Drone footage by Airframe Media

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This is a lovely listen with a lot of love for the Allen Valley and the North Pennine landscapes

ICYMI: Lauren James on why defending free speech is so important to those working in the sector’s ‘engine rooms’ Splitpixel Creative
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A stark warning from the Scottish arts industry group Culture Counts on the need for urgent action within the next few months to avoid a culture catastrophe in the autumn.

We are happy to announce that we now have a BSL/Captioned version of Jenny Sealey’s Desert Island Discs now available on our website!

Follow the link to find out which book, luxury item, and eight tracks Jenny would take to a desert island:
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These are very brilliant and the writing is beautiful.

The letter being held in this scene from #PiecesOfString at Mercury Theatre - what a moment. Had me in floods.

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The latest PwC Consumer Sentiment Survey quizzed 2,068 UK adults in late March / early April and found that while the economic outlook has perked up sentiment remains subdued. Here's a look at spending intentions over the next 12 months for categories of interest to our sector.

Oh this is terribly sad. Among his many many other achievements, as former Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra he will always be *the* Last Night of the Proms conductor for me

Been a while since I've recorded Songs of Praise but today it (mostly) comes from the church where my husband is Director of Music 🎉

Still got most of the hymns drummed into me from school, I've no doubt

Museum of Austerity from ETT
at Live Theatre was clever, thoughtful - and deeply chilling.

Very enjoyable backstage tour of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music this morning - can't think of any other circumstances in which I'd end up taking to the stages there! Gorgeous venue.