Simon Albury
@simonbg12
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I can speak out because I am privileged, retired & have nothing to lose - bold but not brave.
London
Joined November 2011
Today (31st August) is National Cinema Day. All tickets are only £4! Support your local cinema, they are essential to the eco-system of the film and TV industry, and make watching a film into a special event 🍿🥤🍿🥤🎞️🎞️ @FilmTVCharity
https://t.co/qUwYf0znYU.
cinemauk.org.uk
On Saturday 31 August 2024, cinemas across the UK will once again offer everyone the opportunity to experience the joy of cinema from just £4 at all participating venues and on all formats. National...
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Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen boasts that the airport he’s put huge amounts of public money into is back in profit. It isn’t. Latest @PrivateEyeNews has details of the fiddling that would make Enron’s accountants blush.
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Labour Party Urged To Add Age To Diversity Monitoring Law
deadline.com
Labour Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is being urged to amend existing diversity monitoring to include age in the UK.
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The influence of the Daily Mail on the BBC remains huge..even though the party it supports was slaughtered at the general election. The banal assertions of ‘impartiality’ are not valid while it tamely and fearfully follows up overblown Mail stories:
The Daily Mail is foaming at the mouth about Starmer moving a portrait - so the Today Programme just read out the headline & ran a whole feature on it. Can we please stop letting these papers set the news agenda? Let them howl into the void if they must, but don't run after them
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Join us, @equity & @AnthonyHopkins in challenging @7DialsPlayhouse selling 1a Tower St lease - formerly #TheActorsCentre. It erased all training & now has put the building at risk. This impacts your grads who’ve lost vital ongoing affordable accessible training. @LAMDAdrama
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What's the real reason Starmer axed his national security adviser? | The Spectator
spectator.co.uk
Keir Starmer is making a mistake by cancelling the appointment of General Gwyn Jenkins as national security adviser
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How serious is the Starmer sleaze row? | The Spectator
spectator.co.uk
Another week, another accusation of sleaze in relation to the Labour party. After initially winning some plaudits over the summer recess for his handling of the riots, the new Prime Minister is now...
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Meet the new Master of the King’s Music: ‘I didn’t fit the image of a composer’. https://t.co/JJblPtCgFt
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There is not a single Black police officer serving in 2 of the UK’s police forces despite diversity pledges. Former Met superintendent says racism in policing has returned to a pre-Stephen Lawrence inquiry era & that Black people won’t join ‘toxic culture’
mirror.co.uk
Data obtained by The Mirror shows there are two police forces in the UK right now which don't have any serving Black officers, as chief constables face claims policing had returned to pre-Stephen...
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If you’re struggling do reach out to the @FilmTVCharity.
With news that electricity prices are expected to increase by £149 a year from October, a reminder that if you are struggling and work in film, TV or cinema the @FilmTVCharity is here for you. Please apply for a hardship grant if you're in need. https://t.co/yYdZHFuPi2
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James Graham makes a very valid point. A lot more should be done to help working class and poor kids into drama, film and TV. I note that "late passes" for the Edinburgh TV Festival cost £1,349, plus 4% booking fee, plus 20% VAT. £1,683:
thetvfestival.com
registration now open The TV Festival is open for business! Keep scrolling for details on the different rates available.For information on travel, accommodation, accessibility and venues see our Plan...
#Sherwood writer @mrJamesGraham calls for better working class representation on TV in powerful speech https://t.co/nTvxBrqYES
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"People did not know that Kamala Harris had it in her. To paraphrase the adage, “cometh the hour, cometh the woman”. It turns out that she is a once-in-a-generation natural." My Weekend FT column on a dramatic week.
ft.com
Her shift from indifferent vice-president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught almost everyone unawares
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It’s crucial that Action for Freelancers is not just warm words, it has to mean real structural change to improve freelancers lives. As others have said if this crisis were happening in other industries there would be urgent action @bectu we are determined to make change happen
Optimism expressed over revamped Freelance Charter https://t.co/2VClIZof2V
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Martin Lewis has talked the BBC, Watchdog and working conditions in TV as he picks up the outstanding achievement award at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Source: Deadline
deadline.com
Martin Lewis has talked the BBC, Watchdog and working conditions in TV as he picks up the outstanding achievement award at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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Actors coming together to learn, develop, collaborate, connect was at the heart of #TheActorsCentre. @7DialsPlayhouse erased it & denied Actors affordable/accessible training in the building bought for them & is now selling the lease. We deserve better - https://t.co/WNsugVGn0m
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Speak-easy: on representation and equity in the UK TV and film industry since 2020 | Sight and Sound
bfi.org.uk
Has 2024 seen the industry backtrack woefully on diversity? Dr Joanna Abeyie, MBE, former head of creative diversity at the BBC, offers sobering reflections on the current terrain.
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Since 2022 @7DialsPlayhouse have not listened to over 5000 petition signers, @AnthonyHopkins, @SimonCallow, Judi Dench, @GilesTerera, Mark Rylance, @EquityUK and Sheila Hancock. Keep shouting until they listen. Sign the petition. https://t.co/hjRN1DrvnT
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The removal of affordable accessible actor training from 1aTower St by @7DialsPlayhouse has been a wholly unnecessary & damaging decision. We must all stand together & fight to save the building & 40+ yr legacy. Actors need our training & home returned.
change.org
Return ongoing professional training for actors to The Actors Centre
The Actors Centre’s spirit is what must live on – this week in Your Views 👇
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The corporation knew in November, before the former broadcaster resigned in April, that he had been arrested for serious offences.
shropshirestar.com
The corporation knew in November, before the former broadcaster resigned in April, that he had been arrested for serious offences.
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