The Latest Breaking News from Baillie Gifford

Small, local book festivals are still thriving

Letters: Stewart Collins says support for the Petworth literary festival in West Sussex is growing, and Kathryn Streatfield suggests local events are the solution for a changing festival world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2024

After Baillie Gifford: are literary festivals on their last legs?

Over the past 75 years, the idea of the book festival has become embedded in the British cultural landscape. But as costs rise sharply and reading habits change, many are finding it a struggle to survive

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2024

Nuclear war rehearsal and Gauguin biography make shortlist for Baillie Gifford prize

Books by Rachel Clarke, Richard Flanagan and Viet Thanh Nguyen are among the six competing for the nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

Mark Rylance among actors calling on Old Vic to cut links with fossil fuel investor

Paapa Essiedu and Stephen Dillane also sign open letter urging theatre to end Royal Bank of Canada’s support over its shares in fuel and arms

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2024

OPINION - The Science Museum should not bow to climate change activists: take the oil money and be grateful to get it

Among its many lively claims to a place in history, the summer of 2024 will surely come to be known as the one that finally killed corporate sponsorship of the arts.

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2024

Nvidia’s market cap will soar to $50 trillion—yes, trillion—says early investor in Amazon and Tesla

In the next 10 years, Nvidia’s value could be worth more than the entire S&P 500 today, tech investor James Anderson predicted.

Fortune · Jul 16, 2024

Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians

Former Oasis guitarist describes festival, which has long championed political causes, as ‘kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Protests against arts sponsorship in Britain are killing culture. Be careful what you wish for

Baillie Gifford’s financial support of the biggest book festivals ended after a campaign against its fossil fuel ties. Britain’s arts need more corporate cash, not less

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

Sainsbury’s boss says rate cuts needed to spur consumer spending; eurozone inflation dips to 2.5% – as it happened

Simon Roberts says consumer caution ‘not surprising given everything households have been through in the cost of living crisis’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

Book festivals previously sponsored by Baillie Gifford seek donations

Partnerships ended over the investment firm’s ties to fossil fuel and Israel, leaving nine book festivals including Hay, Edinburgh and Cheltenham in need of funding

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024