UK: Terrorism law cuts to the heart of the arts

Tony Hall, chief executive of the Royal Opera House, on the stringent immigration controls that are preventing the world's most talented performers from coming to work in Britain.

There was some cause for celebration at a meeting with my colleagues from the London arts scene last week. While almost every other sector is licking its wounds after months of suffering from the deepening financial gloom, the arts seem to be holding up.


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