The Archive · 1940

Helping the Arts

Another good thing resulting from the war, (at least it is good in the view of many people) is the encouragement of the arts by the Go ernment, tu the shape of a £50,000. Concerts by famous orchestras are io be given in the smaller industrial towns and centres all over the country; loan exhibitions of pictures are to be held; and innumerable dramatic shows organized.

In some cases the concerts, exhibitions and performances will be held in the factories themselves. The idea with a decent position, (d) Dubious, as his KB gets cramped. (e) The idea is obscure. He might try KR Ki for P—B3, but White can keep the diagonal closed by P—Q4 at the right moment. (f) A miscalculation, or perhaps a gamble induced by impatience with the gradual White blockade. (8) Disastrous. (h) A smart finish R x R. 25. Q y KiPch. and Black falls to' pieces "Observer." is to bring the arts to the places normally starved of first-hand, fi class music, dramas and piety Unemployment among musicians and in the acting profession will be relieved. A form of ari which gets no help is sculpture, now passing through a lean time. After the war, of course, sculptors will be busy

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