Thursday, May 3, 2018
"Wages have stagnated as funding cuts take hold. Young musicians are particularly affected, with two-fifths of newcomers taking unpaid work in the last year. Forty-four per cent of players t…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:48AMWednesday, May 2, 2018
The Kazakh language has used a modified version of the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet since the early Soviet days. Now the government of the Central Asian republic has adopted a plan to switch …
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:42AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Popular YouTubers, some as young as 12, are being paid to personally endorse the service. In some of the videos YouTubers say if you cannot be bothered to do the work, EduBirdie has a "super…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 06:42PMSunday, April 29, 2018
The film, Rafiki, was banned, and the film classification board even issued threats. "The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) said the film 'seeks to legitimize lesbian romance.' KFCB war…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 02:04PMÉtienne Terrus was a friend of Henri Matisse, and the museum devoted to his works had gotten the help of the town of Elne to buy many works over two decades. Then an art historian came to t…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:36AMThursday, April 26, 2018
Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson, who chairs the jury, said the judges had chosen "an outstanding group of artists, all of whom are tackling the most pressing political and humanitaria…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 03:48PMFriday, April 20, 2018
"For Saddam, the ruined city of Babylon had always held a special fascination. He ordered an ambitious reconstruction of the city's walls, costing millions of dollars at the height of the Ir…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 10:18AMThursday, April 19, 2018
In the run-up to H-Day, each local municipality had to deal with issues ranging from repainting road markings to relocating bus stops and traffic lights, and redesigning intersections, bicyc…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 11:54AMWednesday, April 18, 2018
In London, the Elgin Marbles were hidden in Aldwych tube station – although, alarmingly, it was later revealed it wouldn’t have withstood a direct hit. In Paris, the Louvre was emptied o…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 01:36PMSunday, April 15, 2018
Authors who are taking part in Audible's scheme in Britain (it's already happened in the U.S.) need to think differently. One said, "It was presented to me specifically as an audio project, …
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:30AMWhy should the huge southern city of London have all of the power? It's a problem "Power is concentrated in London and the South East, and publishing is dominated by a handful of large corpo…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 07:30AMWednesday, April 11, 2018
The rise has been fuelled by the growth of psychological thrillers and the success of big names like Lee Child, James Patterson and Dan Brown. Last year, 18.7 million crime books were sold -…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 05:28PMTuesday, April 10, 2018
"Plans for the first opera house in the country's second city, Jeddah, are already under way."
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 07:31AMMonday, April 9, 2018
They're navigating a lot of money questions. "Since Years & Years won the BBC's Sound of 2015, lead singer Olly Alexander has been refreshingly open about his sexuality. Speaking at a St…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:30AMSunday, April 8, 2018
The London version of the smash hit already raked in a record-breaking 13 nominations. Can it beat last year's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which broke records with nine wins last year?
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:30AMFriday, April 6, 2018
Tchaikovsky had 14 entries in the Classic FM Hall of Fame, revealed on Monday. Mozart was the most popular composer, with 23 works in the Top 300.
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 05:01PM"Look at the similarities: the Cold War secrecy between the US and Russia, the boardrooms packed with middle-aged men in suits, the supposedly infallible machine which is intent on slaughter…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 01:01PMThursday, April 5, 2018
Salman Khan, who has made more than 100 movies and is known as both a romantic hero and an action star, has been convicted for illegally killing two rare blackbuck antelopes during while on …
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 07:45AMMonday, April 2, 2018
Students aren't supposed to have "unauthorized absences," but what could be more authorized than students taking school-approved dance, music, theatre and other arts exams? Apparently, a lot…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 09:00AMSunday, April 1, 2018
The firm Band Management Union charged artists up to £4,000 for services, did nothing for the artists - and has now closed its website and email addresses and canceled its phones. One artis…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 11:00AMFriday, March 30, 2018
"It effectively says an orchestral workspace is no different from a factory," said Mark Pemberton, director of the Association of British Orchestras. "What it says is that musicians will nee…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 07:29AMThursday, March 29, 2018
"Ken Simons has had his hands on Picasso paintings, moved Tracey Emin's bed and manoeuvred an Antony Gormley sculpture though a third-floor window. For him, a famous painting or sculpture is…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 03:04PMWednesday, March 28, 2018
The case won by Chris Goldscheider has huge implications for the industry and the health and safety of musicians. It is the first time a judge has scrutinised the music industry's legal obli…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 03:32PMTuesday, March 27, 2018
"After all, you can wear professional-looking clothes and behave in a way appropriate to your job, but as soon as you open your mouth, your accent betrays your upbringing. As the linguist Ch…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 12:03PMCrowd psychology has been around since the 19th Century. But it’s only in the last few decades that there’s been a major shift to seeing crowds as more than mindless masses. “The crowd…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 11:29AMFriday, March 23, 2018
"Asian travellers are flocking to museums in the West to admire his artistic creations. Multi-million dollar paintings by the prolific artist have become the most sought after objects of des…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 11:03AMWednesday, March 21, 2018
"Alexandre Paulikevitch is one of the few male baladi dancers in the Middle East. He learned how to dance from watching Egypt's black and white movies and now performs as a soloist, challeng…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:00AMMonday, March 19, 2018
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is thought to be the first professional orchestra in the world to form an ensemble of disabled musicians. The group is led by a disabled conductor, James Rose,…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 05:01PMTuesday, March 13, 2018
"At the end of 2017, US hip-hop star Nelly played a men-only concert in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; US country singer Toby Keith headlined a similar gig earlier in the year. These shows were flagg…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 12:02PMSunday, March 4, 2018
Sheen, whose major roles include roles in Frost/Nixon and The Queen, "said the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns showed that there is 'clearly a moment happening' but 'we have to make sure that …
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 03:30PMFriday, March 2, 2018
In its filing, Spotify says it aims to "unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportuni…
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 05:35PM