Grant cuts herald Arts Council's tough new line

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The Arts Council decided to fund fewer centres better and will cease subsidising 10 theatres and two London orchestras. It will also prefer funding contemporary dance and the visual arts to drama. Four orchestras share a diminishing audience, so it is better long-term to reduce to two. Former Secretary of State for Heritage David Mellor recommends the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia to merge and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to tour. Arts Council criteria for success include innovation, although new productions attract smaller audiences.

Finance, Theaters, Arts Council of Great Britain, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London, England)

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The Dome will be fantastic - but don't ask me how, says Heseltine

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The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London, England, will bring in large sums of money from tourists, according to former Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, giving evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiring into the project. He believes that the 758 million pounds sterling project will be extremely successful, but is unable to provide any details about what the building will actually contain. He claims that the Labour party's approach to the scheme before it became the party of government caused unnecessary delays.

Design and construction, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Buildings and facilities, Public buildings, Greenwich, England, Heseltine, Michael

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Exhibition consigns pirate myths to Davy Jones's locker

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Material from the Public Records Office, academia and contemporary documentation reveals that the glamour associated with pirates is inaccurate, most being cut-throats and sadists involved in simple burglary on the high seas. Walking the plank was not a form of punishment, but marooning on a desert island was for pirates who had deserted from battle or who had stolen from comrades. Port Royal in Jamaica was a pirate haunt and its suffering an earthquake in 1692 preserved much material that is now coming to light.

Reports, Portrayals, Pirates, Naval history

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