The decline of language education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009–10 to 18% in 2024–25. German has halved in the same period from 10% ...
The British Theatre Consortium report, titled “British Theatre Before & After Covid”, examines 2019, the last full year before the pandemic, and 2023, the first full year after theatres reopened. It ...