John Boyd

Teacher, musician, amateur gardener,

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

@RadioTimes Very disappointing.

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

MU Statement on Northern Ballet and Opera North Partnership https://t.co/Gx9ymFi7rr

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

@sainsburys Ok, but 25%!! What has caused such a huge increase? Ingredients, packaging….

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

@sainsburys Hey what’s going on with your Oaty Biscuits? Great value at 60p increased to 65p a few months ago now 75p!! - 25% increase in a few months how’s that ‘improving value’ for customers? @MartinSLewis @paullewismoney

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

Lisa Nandy MP @lisanandy has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS.

[Andrew Morris @devilstrillblog]

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama told its staff today that it is axeing its junior department at the end of this term. Almost 200 children study there on saturdays. That will all stop in July. This is not rich kids playing expensive instruments. One of them texted...

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

@MannGeorgia @BBCRadio3 Something from Die Frau ohne Schatten?

[Elizabeth Atherton @ElizAthertonSop]

So it’s public now. 😥 My husband is a member of the #Orchestra of @WelshNatOpera where it’s proposed they go to part-time contracts as of next April. I have tried to bang WNO’s drum since the @ace_national cuts, but the attention has been elsewhere...🧵https://t.co/wCuL7QxYNA

[Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) @KeeleyMP]

The Government cannot claim to be widening access to Music Education when a Minister has bothered to attend just 1 meeting of the National Plan for Music Education Monitoring Board since it was established 9 months ago.

Music in schools is in crisis and kids are missing out.

[Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) @KeeleyMP]

Music Hubs are vital providers of high-quality music education in state schools. But they have been on standstill Govt funding for a decade while costs & demand have risen.

Now there is a crisis in music education but some Hubs are having their budgets hit from September

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[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

@HENLEYDARREN @ace_national Hoping they also ask the public for their views following crass funding decisions by @ace_national particularly @E_N_O @glyndebourne @BrittenSinfonia @WelshNatOpera

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

https://t.co/r0vZSWsURW

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

@lucyfrazermp @BRITs Please talk to and speak up for @E_N_O musicians @BrittenSinfonia musicians @BBCSO musicians @glyndebourne musicians @lucyfrazermp @BRITS

[John Boyd @johnjmsboyd]

UK (mis) management actively demolishing our great arts companies @PrivateEyeNews @spconnolly

[Jessica Duchen ✍️🎶 @jessicaduchen]

Heartening words from the House of Lords Arts Debate, from @_CFTA ...but it's scant help for those at ENO who just received redundancy notices while in mid-performance. https://t.co/eC27NgMt8C

[Patrick Allies @PatrickAllies]

The ENO emails started arriving during Act 1 of Handmaid’s Tale last night. What a despicable way to treat your musicians.

[Patrick Allies @PatrickAllies]

At ENO, musicians got their redundancy emails during the interval of a show. During the interval. And then carried on with the performance because they are professionals, which cannot be said for the people running the place.

[Adam Sullivan 💙 @adamlsullivan]

Here we go…. Retweet ferociously people. Let’s get our voices heard. #WeAreENO

https://t.co/FT61nfWCN0

[Equity @EquityUK]

"Moving an Opera company to Manchester, only to employ people sporadically on freelance contracts, isn’t the cultural investment the North deserves"

Equity warns that the @E_N_O Manchester move leaves workforce at risk

Read the full story: https://t.co/eEAQRp4e6A

[Baroness Keeley of Worsley (also on BlueSky) @KeeleyMP]

The cultural tax reliefs have helped many arts & cultural organisations to survive a storm of challenges.

I highlighted the vital role of the cultural tax reliefs - which were not talked about at the #AutumnStatement

The Chancellor’s response didn't give the whole picture
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