They're calling for "urgent" government support A host of leading creative figures in the UK, including Johnny Marr, Nick Cave and Rufus Wainwright, have warned that the UK risks becoming “a cultural wasteland” unless the government provides financial support for creative industries during coronavirus.
In an open letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, more than 400 signatories called for urgent funding to help creative organisations and professionals who have been impacted by COVID-19.
The letter was organised by the Creative Industries Federation (CIF) and also signed by the heads of the Royal Albert Hall, Film Birmingham, Royal Opera House, Shakespeare’s Globe, Tate, Penguin Random House, Northern Ireland