Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Arts Council of Great Britain
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | U. A. Fanthorpe | After becoming known as a poet Fanthorpe held several writer-in-residence posts. The offer of a year as Arts Council
writer in residence at St Martin's College
, Lancaster in 1983 moved the hospital to give... |
| Friends, Associates | Rumer Godden | RG
preserved her friendship with the director Jean Renoir
from the time that he filmed her novel The River. After moving to Highgate she became friendly with the writer Stevie Smith
(whom she calls... |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Lettice Cooper | She wrote this book on an Arts Council
grant. |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Selima Hill | This collection was helped on its way by an Arts Council
bursary, awarded in 1993. The cover shows a photograph by Harry Scott
(exhibited in 1986) of a somnolent bull-terrier named Hank, foreshortened to be... |
| Occupation | Margaret Drabble | She had decided while at school that she was going to be an actress. In Stratford both she and Clive Swift acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company
under Peter Hall
, who was setting out... |
| Occupation | Margaret Drabble | MD
has taught weekly classes at Morley College
in London and made annual lecture tours for the Arts Council
. Sadler, Lynn Veach. Margaret Drabble. Twayne, 1986. 6 Creighton, Joanne V. Margaret Drabble. Methuen, 1985. 13 Hattersley, Roy. “The Darling of Hampstead”. The Guardian, 26 June 1999, pp. 6-7. 7 |
| Occupation | Rumer Godden | While living in Highgate RG
took to organizing readings: at Foyles
bookshop, promoting young poets; at Kenwood House; and for the Arts Council
, where she spent two years on the Poetry Panel... |
| Occupation | Penelope Fitzgerald | As an established author, albeit well past most people's retirement age, PF
lectured and read her work at festivals and other venues, served on the Arts Council
's literature panel, and was a member of... |
| Occupation | Antonia Fraser | While bringing up her children, AF
persevered with the writing career she had already launched. As the wife of a wealthy man, she did voluntary work of various kinds, chairing the Prison Committee
and, for... |
| Occupation | Marina Warner | MW
has given her time in many public capacities. She was a Member of the Advisory Board of the Royal Mint
(1986-1993); a Member of the Committee of Management of the National Council for One-Parent Families |
| Occupation | Philip Larkin | From the 1960s PL
became a committee-man and public intellectual. He rendered service in various ways to his profession of librarianship. For the Arts Council of Great Britain
he served on the literature panel, and... |
| Occupation | Marghanita Laski | ML
served as Vice-Chairman of the Arts Council
for these four years, during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. (25 February 1982): 11 |
| Occupation | P. D. James | She retired to become a full-time writer at the end of 1979, six months before her sixtieth birthday. Then she served as a magistrate for Willesden (1979-82) and for Inner London (1984). She has been... |
| Publishing | Kathleen Nott | In December 1967 she had been awarded an Arts Council
grant of £1,200 (along with Jean Rhys
, Christina Stead
, Lettice Cooper
, Julia Strachey
, and others) to support her writing. “The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive. 57121 (11 December 1967): 10 |
| Reception | Lettice Cooper | LC
was awarded Arts Council
bursaries in 1968 and 1979, an Eric Gregory travelling scholarship in 1977, and the OBE in 1978. Contemporary Novelists mistakenly dates the awarding of her OBE as 1980. |
Timeline
9 August 1946: The Arts Council of Great Britain received...
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9 August 1946
The Arts Council of Great Britain
received its royal charter; its purpose was to make fine arts more accessible to the public by organizing exhibitions and preserving art.
Nettel, Reginald. The Orchestra in England: A Social History. Jonathan Cape, 1956.
247
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
396
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
12
White, Eric W. The Arts Council of Great Britain. Davis-Poynter, 1975.
67
March 1969: Novelist Angus Wilson, recently appointed...
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March 1969
Novelist Angus Wilson
, recently appointed Chair of the Literature Panel of the Arts Council
, organised the council's first Writers' Tour, to North Wales.
Drabble, Margaret. “Pressure to Perform”. The Author, Vol.
cxii
, No. 4, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 2001, pp. 162-4. 163
About October 1973: The Women's Theatre Group (still in being...
Women writers item
About October 1973
The Women's Theatre Group
(still in being as the Sphinx Theatre Company
) was founded in London as a feminist and socialist theatre group; its twin organization the Women's Theatre Company
proved short-lived.
de Angelis, April. “Riddle of the Sphinx”. Guardian Unlimited, 10 Sept. 2005.
Hanna, Gillian, editor. Monstrous Regiment. Four Plays and a Collective Celebration. Nick Hern Books, 1991.
xx
“The Amiable Courtship of Miz Venus and Wild Bill - 197”. Sphinx Theatre Company Archive: Productions. 1970s.
April 1974: The first number of Ian Hamilton's New Review...
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April 1974
The first number of Ian Hamilton
's New Review (successor to The Review) included contributions from Dan Jacobson
and Edna O'Brien
; it ran for fifty issues, ending in 1979.
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.
Jacobson, Dan. “The Price”. London Review of Books, 21 Feb. 2002, pp. 22-8.
25
Early 1975: Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company was founded...
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Early 1975
Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company
was founded as a result of plans by a London co-operative community arts resource centre, Inter-Action
, for a season of gay plays to follow their successful women's season.
“Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company”. AIM25: Royal Holloway College, University of London.
14 August 1975: The Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company was...
Women writers item
14 August 1975
The Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company
was founded in London by female and male performers, many of whom had already worked with the Women's Street Theatre Company
or the Women's Theatre Company
.
“Records of The Monstrous Regiment Theatre Company”. AIM25: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Hanna, Gillian, editor. Monstrous Regiment. Four Plays and a Collective Celebration. Nick Hern Books, 1991.
xvi
1994: The British Arts Council formulated a policy...
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1994
The British Arts Council
formulated a policy whereby developers applying for planning permission are requested to spend one or a half percent of their planning gain on art for the development.
Webb, Julia. “Social Sculpture”. The Oxford Times, 3 Nov. 2006, pp. 33-5.
1 April 2002: Britain's existing Arts Council and its ten...
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1 April 2002
Britain's existing Arts Council
and its ten Regional Arts Boards were amalgamated to create a single coherent, cohesive, simplified funding body speaking strongly and as one for the arts.
McKeone, Gary. “Pared to the Core”. The Author, Vol.
cxiii
, No. 4, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 2002, pp. 174-5. 174
Texts
Duffy, Maureen, and Alan Brownjohn, editors. New Poetry 3. Arts Council of Great Britain, 1977.