The U.K. government has announced almost $2 billion to help the country’s renowned arts and cultural institutions recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Details of how the money will be distributed haven't been released, but leaders of arts organizations breathed a sigh of relief at the announcement. Monday’s announcement comes after intense lobbying of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government by arts leaders, who say British culture is a 100-billion-pound a year industry, essential to the economy and to the nation’s global image.
The rescue package is intended to help venues survive until April. But theaters warn they may go bust if they can’t get paying audiences through the doors until then. Some question why people are allowed to sit in tightly packed rows on planes but not in theaters. “I want to ensure it can happen,” he told the BBC. “I just want to be a bit realistic about the challenges of getting us back to that point any time soon.”
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