More #RailFail from #NationalDisgrace Thameslink No staff, No ticket machine at Nunhead

So this means you don’t have to email / call them to ensure you have a ramp?

'A compelling character narrative that made me passionate about nuclear disarmament and yearn to have telepathic friends.' Including The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, find out which books Songlight author Moira Buffini is recommending on Bookshop.org. uk.bookshop.org/lists/seven-re…

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats.”

Here it is in black and white. And as with the new government, the solution is not more cuts. The solution is judicious re-investment to revive and innovate the sector, making shows on reasonable budgets, not chasing streamer scale money. It can be done. theguardian.com/media/article/…

Meanwhile in Springfield

By 2 April 2025, all international arrivals to the UK except British/Irish nationals must obtain a digital permit in advance. Rule even applies to passengers changing planes at Heathrow and remaining "airside". Amsterdam, Paris CDG and Frankfurt delighted. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Since early 22 we’ve been campaigning to return affordable/accessible training to 1aTower St. Simon Callow Equity & 1000s across the profession stand with us. Seven Dials Playhouse has ignored, rejected, disrespected the profession #TheActorsCentre was founded to serve 1/2

It is such sad news to learn that we have lost the wonderful Kenneth Cope. There simply isn’t enough space to do justice to the many brilliant performances he gave us through the years. Thank you, Kenneth. Rest in peace.

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Nice Zoot Money obituary for the Guardian by Chris Welch: theguardian.com/music/2024/sep…

Any other globally admired industry worth £4B/year to the UK in this level of crisis would be front page news and have the government stepping in right now. Lisa Nandy MP Chris Bryant Department for Culture, Media and Sport - I hope you’re talking to industry leaders daily about how you can help.

Bad luck, Hastings, and other seaside resorts hoping to attract back French school groups. The new government looks set to double down on the Brexit ban on ID cards and make it impossible for school groups to travel here without passports from April 2025. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

In my defence, I did seek advice on what the rules were about accepting gifts from donors. But on reflection, it was perhaps unwise of me to have asked Boris Johnson.

96% capacity. Who wouldn’t be ecstatic at that figure for 5,900 tickets (incl. 1000 standing) 7 nights a week for 8 solid weeks? + 10.6m TV watchers, 4.6m streaming BBC iPlayer & BBC Sounds. So much for classical music being so unpopular. BBC Proms Department for Culture, Media and Sport #NotJustTheLastNight

Recognition of the quality & calibre of Welsh National Opera’s core output. Their operatic productions should be the primary focus of the company, & the safeguarding of their performing ensemble their key priority. For shame Arts Council England & Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru | Arts Council of Wales putting all this at risk.

“If this is the land of song, and we can’t support the arts, who can?” #SaveWNO Neil Fisher The Times and The Sunday Times Lisa Nandy MP Jack Sargeant MS Equity Musicians' Union Kevin Brennan Delyth Jewell AS / MS Eluned Morgan

#RochelleSmall Hi Rochelle Small Your lost property has been handed in at White City tube station