As a royalties group in Britain slashes its charitable giving arm by 60 percent, new young musicians say they'd never have kept playing without the funders' support. Industry professionals and artists foresee "potentially disastrous consequences for the British music industry." - The Guardian (UK)
"For her 10th birthday, Dervla Murphy received a secondhand bicycle and an atlas. As she rode up a hill near her home that day in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, she thought that if she pedaled long enough, she could get to India." - The New York Times
"There are so many TV awards consultants spending a good chunk of the year on campaigns that we’re often pitched by three or four different people on the same show or star. There’s usually an awkward back-and-forth. ... It's not a perfect system." Indeed. - Variety
Or rather, in French, about French. Bill 96 limits "access to public services in English and government powers to enforce compliance, despite objections from some of the province’s English speakers, Indigenous people and members of other linguistic minorities." - The New York Times
Honestly: "How does an operational railway, an entire rotunda or indeed a three-metre-tall working sculpture of a floating tap manage to go missing?" A dig (and some online appeals) aims to find out. - The Guardian (UK)
Tobin Durrant "developed a love for opera after performing pieces for his exams and being moved by the influence he said it can have on people." (And he's moved from Zoom to IRL performance with the Welsh National Youth Opera, too - for the Queen.) - BBC
Is the hacking of Seth Green's Bored Ape actually illegal? Perhaps not. It "illustrates the limits of the free, frictionless world promised by crypto—and its many misunderstandings around ownership." - Wired
"Cannes has strict rules around formal wear on the red carpet — black tie for men, evening gowns for women — but there are accommodations for traditional formal wear, such as Scottish kilts or Indian saris." Apparently, moccasins do not qualify. - CBC
This isn't new; it's been going on for nearly a century, but Top Gun really highlights the results. "Each service – army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard – has its own entertainment liaison office in Los Angeles, in addition to the Pentagon’s own office." - The Guardian (UK)
The British Art Show is being staged at four venues across the city. But 26 artists have pulled out in protest after accusations of censorship at a controversial 2021 exhibition at one of the galleries, the Whitworth. They are also unhappy about reports its director was being "forced out". - BBC
The sandwich, priced at $1.95, was made with fresh bread from a local Italian bakery, aged cheddar cheese and a substantial smear of butter to make it perfectly crispy — exactly how Kinnear liked it. - Washington Post
The initiative announced on Thursday will build on those efforts, pairing each of the six composers with five ensembles. The program, which will cost at least $360,000, will be financed by the Toulmin foundation. - The New York Times
