Stewart Collins

Artistic Director of Petworth Festival & Petworth Literary Week UK; writer, literary festival interviewer and exhaustive seer, programmer & deviser of shows

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

Really delighted that this amazing man - James Pearson - is also joining us @PetworthFest on Saturday at Jazz in the Stables with Georgina Jackson after a sensational Oscar Peterson night last night. We love him - he seems to like us!

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

https://t.co/QnCI7h8QuN
It's all in The Grauniad folks @PetworthFest

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

You have to post something like this... journalist John Sweeney endears himself to Vladimir Putin @johnsweeneyroar @PetworthFest

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

It's very much a case of book now to avoid disappointment... More sell outs than ever, 6 varied and fascinating events already under the belt. @PetworthFest @petworthbooks

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

Thank you to our lovely musicians who created such a memorable series of evenings at the first ever Petworth Proms - @PetworthFest @PetworthNT @RoyalAcadMusic

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

A bit late but here’s mine

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

“The arts are not the cherry on the cake — they are the cake.”

Opening a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, Melvyn Bragg said the UK should realise the full potential of the arts to transform our economy and society.

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

@JohnJCrace This is so horridly ignorant. Doctors continue their training throughout their careers in order to keep up with developments, but by no stretch of the imagination are junior docs 'doctors in training'. They are the people you see day to day in hospitals making key decisions.

[John Crace @JohnJCrace]

Odd that they are qualified enough to keep the NHS afloat. How charmless can you get? Almost as if it suits her to pick a fight. Atkins is certainly a politician in training

[Julian Lloyd Webber @JLloydWebber]

It’s not everyday that I walk in a room and discover 46 young cellists! Brilliant to give a class this morning with Jiaxin LW @BradfordGrammar

[Stewart Wood @StewartWood]

Idea for Labour election poster. No slogan needed.

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

Who knew that the @MenuhinSchool concert would be SO brilliant last night @PetworthFest ! Well I thought I did, but this really surpassed even the highest expectations. You will certainly see these two soloists again not to mention the others...

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

What a news story... I could weep... Berlin has just increased its annual funding for culture to €947 million - that is more than double the size of Arts Council England’s entire budget.

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

A more-or-less coherent, but definitely enthusiastic burst about this year's Petworth Festival thanks to @marathon_addict @Chiobserver . It's coming' up folks
https://t.co/y1udLmUbjo

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

I just signed the petition 'suggesting' Liz Truss is denied a resignation honours list. It doesn't feel entirely right let's face it! https://t.co/kS99I1v2sa via @38degrees

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

@JLloydWebber @RadioTimes @BBCSingers @BBCSO @BBC Bang on Julian... let's hope it's not deaf ears?

[Julian Lloyd Webber @JLloydWebber]

My article in today's @RadioTimes on @BBCSingers @BBCSO and @BBC's downgrading of classical music:

[Jennifer Pike @JenniferPikeVLN]

‘We are writing to express our collective dismay and disbelief about your decisions not only to cut 20% of orchestral posts across the English BBC orchestras, but also to completely disband The BBC Singers’ Our letter in today’s @dailytelegraph #BBCsingers #BBCorchestras

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

Stop the planned closure of the BBC Singers https://t.co/LXkaOXMArL via @UKChange

[Stewart Collins @StewColl]

@gregbeardsell @BBCSingers What a staggeringly inept and crass performance from BBC management. We always talk about the BBC as one of our great cultural beacons, but it looks as though that light is burning very dimly at the moment.