Also cheap parking and lower rents. If anything is to revive our High Sts whether shops, restaurants or comedy/music venues it is the night time economy. (View Post)

No, what we want is a lot of grassroots venues for all forms of the performing arts. (View Post)

Markets seem much more optomistic than they should be. Even if Hormuz opened today the aftershocks and damage to production infrastructure pretty much ensures inflation and other aftershocks. However… (View Post)

Cultural exports including music, theatre, screen media etc are a big part of our economy. Comedy is part of that. The network of smaller venues where people learn their craft matter. Quite how to be… (View Post)

It is lovely on the Isle of Wight... Some colleagues of mine were stuck in the Maldives and in India for an extra week. Others have cancelled their Dubai spring breaks. (View Post)