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| | | Manchester University staff sign letter in support of Whitworth gallery director | | by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture correspondent Mar 1, 2022 | | Alistair Hudson was asked to leave his post over a row regarding a statement in support of Palestine More than 100 members of staff at the University of Manchester have signed a letter opposing an attempt to force out the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery (Wag), calling it a “grave violation of academic and artistic freedom of expression”. The Guardian reported last week that Alistair Hudson was asked to leave his post by the university over a row regarding a statement of solidarity with Palestine’s “liberation struggle”, which was removed from an exhibition of works by the human rights investigations agency Forensic Architecture. Continue reading... | | | | | The show can't go on: Russian arts cancelled worldwide | | by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture correspondent Mar 1, 2022 | | Concerts, dance recitals and exhibitions have been postponed indefinitely after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted responses from the cultural and sporting spheres, with Russian artists and companies beginning to feel the repercussions of decisions taken by the Kremlin. Not only has Russia been stripped of two prestigious events – the Champions League men’s final and Formula One’s Russian Grand Prix –but an increasing number of performances by Russians are being cancelled worldwide. Continue reading... | | | | | Rock Till We Drop: a talent show for the over-64s? It's a miraculous feelgood smash | | by Stuart Heritage Mar 1, 2022 | | Nonagenarian drummers, seasoned leather-clad singers and a seventysomething who’s a monster on the bass … older people form rival bands in this new reality show – and nothing could be more uplifting BBC Two’s new reality show Rock Till We Drop doesn’t have the most compelling of premises. A search to find new musical acts, with all the members aged 64 or over, on paper it has the uncomfortable tang of everything that has gone before it. X Factor. Britain’s Got Talent. That thing where Gene Simmons paid a cursory amount of attention to some schoolkids. These are all shows that used real people as fodder for hard-edged entertainment. Doing the same with older people would be an absurdly bad look. And yet, despite all this, Rock Till We Drop turns out to be one of the most life-affirming things I have watched in years. The series sets out to form two new bands, then train them up to perform a set at the Isle of Wight festival. Tonally, it’s a minefield. Too hard-edged and it would have been cruel. Too easy on the contestants and it would have been saccharine. Too lax with Covid protocols and it would have been a disaster. There are a thousand ways to get a show like this wrong, and only one way to get it right. Continue reading... | | | | | |
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