Once again, Grok proves able to illustrate the darker aspects of the world of Lord Bonkers. I commented on the inspiration for this unlovely establishment in a post on this blog - and note the comment with two further links.
Sat 28th
17:13
When British culture really is under threat, the culture warriors are nowhere to be seen
Peter Black flags up a story from the Independent: Hundreds of theatres face closure and more than 500 museums have shut since the turn of the century, laying bare the true scale of the risk facing Britain's cultural venues. Leaders in the sector are urgently demanding major investment from the new Labour government as they grapple with fresh challenges including rising energy bills and the hike to employer national insurance contributions in the Budget. After years of cutbacks and underfunding, they have warned of "the danger of cultural wastelands" in a direct appeal to the chancellor Rachel Reeves and the ...
[IMG: Pink Dog looking at a pothole in Australia] Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – a write-up by Phil Cowley of research into what the political benefits are of campaigning on potholes: Based on elections in San Diego, [the research] found a link between the state of the roads in parts of the city and electoral support for the incumbent politician... The researchers got hold of a database of 52,000 complaints about the city's roads. They found that places with more potholes were less likely to vote for the incumbent, ...
With thanks to SJ Bogue and Dundee Memories, the Christmas lights switch on in the City Square in 2016.
The Guardian reports that hundreds of theatres face closure and more than 500 museums have shut since the turn of the century, laying bare the true scale of the risk facing Britain's cultural venues. The paper says that leaders in the sector are urgently demanding major investment from the new Labour government as they grapple with fresh challenges including rising energy bills and the hike to employer national insurance contributions in the Budget: After years of cutbacks and underfunding, they have warned of "the danger of cultural wastelands" in a direct appeal to the chancellor Rachel Reeves and the culture ...
