British arts go into reverse
NewsThe National Theatre has just announced it will ‘reduce activity’ over the next four years due to ‘financial challenges’.
English National Opera is on its final year of funding.
The BBC Singers have been abolished.
Britten Sinfonia has launched a £1 million appeal to enable it to survive Arts Council cuts.
A quarter of the seats in BBC orchestras are to be unwaged.
Cities the size of Liverpool, Norwich and Southampton have been left without opera.
The post-1945 English artistic renaissance has gone into abrupt reverse, without much political debate.
Darkness descends.
Discuss.
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