Just why are we wasting so much money on the Royal Opera House?
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It seems that the amount of money that has been invested in the Royal Opera House in London, England, is excessive in relation to the building's significance. The new building is more expensive that the British Museum and the Tate Gallery at Bankside, London, England, but the number of people who will benefit from it will be much smaller. It would have been better for the UK as a whole to use some of the money spent on the Royal Opera House in other ways. These could have included ensuring that the British Library will not have to charge for access to its reading rooms.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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The carnival that became a riot chose the right target
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Lobby groups calling for the cancellation of Third World debt acted wisely in organizing their Carnival Against Capitalism in London, England, to coincide with the 1999 G8 summit in Cologne, Germany. The summit was actually overshadowed by events in Kosovo, Yugoslavia, but the leaders of the campaign for the cancellation of Third World debt feel that the agreement reached represents around half of what they had hoped to achieve. It is now clear that redistribution of wealth should be an element of the international trading system.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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The best way to save the arts is to remove the single player
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The UK government should consider offering generous tax relief on donations by individuals to arts institutions, as is already the case in the US. This would mean that theatres, orchestras and similar arts institutions would not have to seek funding from cultural bodies, running the risk of total financial ruin if this source of funding dries up. Introducing tax relief for individual donors would boost private giving to the arts and possibly in time allow the Arts Council to be abolished.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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