The most stubbornly persistent myth about historic buildings is the yarn that all spiral stairs in castles turn clockwise to advantage right-handed defenders. Yet it was invented in 1902 by an art critic and didn't gain popularity until the mid-20th century... a thread 🧵
Announcing our next free display - Enthoven Unboxed: 100 Years of Collecting Performance. Opens Saturday 14th September in the @V_and_A's Theatre & Performance Galleries. https://t.co/mTu1Je0HOI
It’s the week of the 2024 @OlivierAwards and this year Peter Pan is nominated for Best Costume Design✨
In honour of the nomination, today we look back at the design and making process for one of Julian Clary’s many costumes!
A pleasure and a privilege to meet the 20 Legacy Award recipients honoured tonight, learning more about their work promoting human excellence and inspiring the next generation around the world.
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ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office is proof of the power of drama as a tool for societal change, but we must use it to accelerate the conversation about the risks of swingeing local arts cuts, says one of the show’s stars, Julie Hesmondhalgh (@juliehes) 👇 https://t.co/Dx7TIkouEa
Wish people wd stop saying gloomily that it took Tv to get the subpostmasters to the top of the agenda. This is (as Libby Purves has said I think) the real power of arts and drama (expertise that is being starved of funding) Message is: we need to fund the arts.