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English National Opera announces Greater Manchester will be its new home

The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London

The Guardian - UK

Kerry Stokes loses bid to stop handover of emails regarding Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation action

Three newspapers, owned by Nine, had subpoenaed documents and correspondence between Stokes, Seven and the former soldier’s legal team

The Guardian - AU

Seven, Stokes to produce emails and pay for lost appeal

Seven Network and its chairman Kerry Stokes have lost their bid to hang on to emails relating to Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation suit against newspapers.

AAP

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HPA Awards Unveil Creative Category Winners

Annual celebration recognizes exceptional achievements in post production, engineering excellence, and creativity and innovation

TV Tech

Subpoenas resisted in fight over Roberts-Smith's bill

Nine's barrister has argued narrowing subpoenas would hurt its case as it contends third-parties should pay for Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation action.

AAP

The Guardian view on touring opera: thwarted in its mission to bring music to the people

Editorial: It would be a tragedy if funding cuts reinforced the myth that a varied and vital art form is simply a pastime for the metropolitan elite

The Guardian - UK

New all-electric Formula G series to begin in 2024 with radical format

Headed by former Mahindra Formula E team principal Dilbagh Gill and former Formula 1 driver Nick Heidfeld, who also raced for Mahindra under Gill, Formula G will race on the support bill of existing combustion-based and electric series around the world, offering a space for both junior drivers and professional…

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Texas universities seeking top research status will have a clearer path under new rules

Texas universities trying to earn the coveted Carnegie “R1” title might be closer than before after a major overhaul this week.

The Texas Tribune

Aviva Studios opens in Manchester with Danny Boyle dance extravaganza

It is £130m over budget and four years late, but backers say it will be unlike any other arts venue in Europe

The Guardian - UK

Cuts to English National Opera will lead to its demise, music directors warn

The company plans to axe 19 posts and employ its remaining musicians on part-time contracts.

The Independent UK

ENO’s music director resigns over proposed cuts to musical staff positions

Martyn Brabbins says proposals to axe 19 posts and employ remaining musicians part-time is plan of ‘managed decline’

The Guardian - UK

ENO plans to cut staff and put the rest on part-time contracts – union

ENO said it understands this is a ‘very challenging and stressful time’ for staff.

The Independent UK

Ben Roberts-Smith to lodge almost $1m with court to continue war crimes defamation appeal

Australia’s most decorated living soldier will need to pay $910,000 to the federal court in Sydney to cover legal costs in the event he loses action

The Guardian - AU

‘They are birds in a cage’: the Afghan girls fleeing to Europe in hope of education

At a makeshift school in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, Afghan girls embrace the learning denied to them by the Taliban — and dare to dream of a new future

Evening Standard

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A little U.K. AI startup has made big progress on the CoinRun AI safety challenge

Aligned AI says its software learns more human-like concepts

The Guardian - AU

Labor launches new body to evaluate public programs using randomised trials

Assistant Treasury minister Andrew Leigh says Australian Centre for Evaluation could help save government money and make spending fairer

GamesRadar

Nvidia AI tools could add toxic NPCs to your PC games of the future

Nvidia just announced NeMo SteerLM, a new ACE AI model feature that includes emotive NPC sliders, including one linked to toxicity.

The Guardian - UK

Small boat arrivals are not a threat

The number of migrants crossing the Channel in inflatables is tiny; most people come to the UK legitimately

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The Guardian - UK

Exit, pursued by stress: bosses of smaller UK theatres quit in droves

String of vacancies at regional arts venues grows as funding and staffing crisis worsens

Evening Standard

OPINION - I was a teenage screaming banshee and exhibiting my diaries has been cathartic

Monday, 9th January 1984

The Guardian - AU

Kerry Stokes and Seven ordered to hand over thousands of emails exchanged with Ben-Roberts Smith’s legal team

Nine newspapers subpoenaed the correspondence to argue Seven influenced defamation proceedings and should be liable for costs

The Guardian - UK

English state school cricket training hubs to increase in wake of ICEC report

The National Hubs finals at Lord’s take place amid plans to quadruple the programme’s reach over the next three years

The Guardian - UK

ENO to receive extra £24m to allow more time to leave London, says Arts Council

Opera company will leave capital by March 2029 and develop artistic programme for new base

The Independent UK

Arts Council adjusts funding plans for English National Opera move out of London

The public body has extended the deadline for a new ENO main base outside London by three years.

AAP

Financiers seek to narrow Roberts-Smith costs claim

Companies that backed disgraced veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation lawsuits against media outlets want the scope of documents to assess costs narrowed.

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