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Chris Warburton · 28 August 2020
It is often said that working from home can help us keep our work-life balance in…
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Calvin Allen · 28 August 2020
Prospect has been working with a coalition of unions, tech specialists and researchers to…
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Bectu member · 27 August 2020
“Did no-one look around and stop and ask: ‘why are we so white?’”
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Andrew Pakes · 21 August 2020
The fiasco around the calculation of A-level results earlier this month clearly has huge…
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21 August 2020
As the head of Bectu, the arts and entertainment trade union, I have been in the privileged…
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Emily Walls, self-employed freelance technical stage manager, Bectu member and author of blog 20 Aug 2020
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Emily Walls, self-employed freelance technical stage manager · 20 August 2020
On 28th July, the Arts Council CEO Derren Henley announced additional resources to fund…
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Lighting designer and Bectu member John Rogers (wearing glasses) on the #WeMakeEvents protest boat trip on Tuesday 11 August 2020 with his friend Koy Neminathan, sales Director of Avolites Ltd and a PLASA board member.
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John Rogers, live events lighting designer/technician · 14 August 2020
The devil makes work for idle hands, or so the saying goes. In the small hours of a Sunday…
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A theatre set designed by Grace Venning. Photo: Linda Carter. Used with blog by Natalie Parsons, 6/6/20 about coronavirus pandemic and theatre designers
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Natalie Parsons – arts writer, activist and Bectu member · 6 August 2020
What does it mean to be a creative in lockdown? What can we learn about our practice and…
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Tracey Hunt · 6 August 2020
There have been a number of data breach incidents lately relating to emails and it seems a…
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Jai Nobes, freelance lighting and video technician, visual artist and circus performer and Bectu member, used in blog 30th July 2020
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Jai Nobes, events technician and artist · 30 July 2020
I’m Jai. I’m a freelance lighting and video technician, visual artist and circus…
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