Stewart Nusbaumer: Levon Helms and Bruce Springsteen in Film
In rootless America, both Levon Helms and Bruce Springsteen found self-knowledge and personal strength after embracing very different communities — Woodstock and small town New Jersey.
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What do we want from the BBC?
There have been a lot of big mistakes at the BBC recently, leading to jitteriness and a lack of confidence. But it remains supremely powerful. Is it moving in the right direction? And what does its future hold? Twenty-four years ago, the respected media correspondent Michael Leapman published a book called The Last Days of the Beeb. Leapman had contributed to BBC shows for years and knew its …
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Arts cuts: D-day in Somerset
Today, arts groups in Somerset will find out if the council’s proposed 100% cut to their grants will go ahead. Could the rest of the country follow? It’s a Monday morning in the Somerset town of Taunton. White-haired women are chatting over teacakes in the Flying Aubergine West Country cafe. The river Tone is flowing prettily past a car park. And inside the Brewhouse theatre, actor Caroline …
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