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      <title><![CDATA[Arts news round-up]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A quick look at the arts, broadcasting and entertainment stories from Wednesday]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Review of the Year published]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Reflecting on 2011, the Review interviews Caroline Quentin about her role as an Equity Dep and opera star Sir John Tomlinson speaks about his stellar career ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Equity at London Fashion Week]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Equity and the British Fashion Council have come together to ensure all models working at London Fashion Week this month are protected by an agreed code of practice. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Equity Council looks at democratic overhaul]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[At its January meeting the Council started a consultion on a major overhaul and modernisation of Equity’s democratic structures.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[BBC research backs Equity campaign]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Broadcasters failing to put enough older women on screen]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Equity denounces far right appointment]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[New theatre in Budapest to be run by supporter of anti-semitic political party ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is it safe to be out in the entertainment industry?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[A new Equity survey raises serious questions about being out in our apparently tolerant industry.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trades unionists rallied to save the BBC in Birmingham]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BECTU strike in Birmingham on 19 January disrupts BBC radio]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alan Thompson elected to the Equity Council]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a by-election, Alan Thompson has been elected to the Equity Council.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Westminster parking charges shelved]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Westminster Council delays plans to bring in charges in wake of protests from performers

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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Help shape Labour arts policy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Shadow Minister for culture wants your views on the future of the creative industries]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apply for the John Fernald Award]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Equity Charitable Trust award supports theatre directors]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MPs join members to fight cuts at the BBC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The BBC wants to make 20% cuts over the next 5 years, which will mean the loss of 2,000 jobs and core programming, with Birmingham hit particularly hard]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Equity member leads debate at STUC]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Natasha Gerson chaired the Scottish Trade Union Centre’s women’s conference]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Have your say on entertainment licensing ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Get involved in the consultation about cutting red tape for those wishing to organise live entertainment such as music, plays, dance and film ]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is it safe to be out?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Is the entertainment industry a supportive and safe environment to be ‘Out’? Take the survey by Equity’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Committee.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Performers make their case in Parliament]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Equity members including Caroline Quentin, Claire Skinner and Philip Glenister promote the arts in the corridors of power]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budapest theatre director ousted by nationalist party leader]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[István Csurka, artistic director of Budapest’s Új Színház repertory theatre, has been ousted by István Márta, leader of a right-wing nationalist party]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iranian actress set free from jail]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Detained Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been set free from jail following international pressure for her release.]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgian actors protest artistic direct dismissal]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Actors at the Rustaveli Theatre in the capital of Georgia, Tiblisi, are protesting at the dismissal of artistic director Robert Sturua (left).]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100]]></pubDate>
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