| Description | Documents relating to the seventh Ballet Independents' Group Discussion Forum, 'Politics and Programming - Addressing the future', which was held at the Thames Pavilion, Royal Festival Hall, London, on 17 February 1999. The guest speakers were Nigel Hinds, arts performing director of Sadler's Wells Theatre, and Peter Ainsworth MP, Conservative shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport. Preparation by BIG directors Susan Crow and Jennifer Jackson; announcement of the forum; letters explaining the forums, and thanking the guest speakers for their contributions; detailed typed notes of the forum; list of attendees; text of 'Why the Arts Matter', a speech given by Ainsworth on 28 January 1999 at a CPS seminar. |