Pandemic

‘We hope we can survive’ – Digbeth venue which closed its doors a year ago hanging on by a thread

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/we-hope-can-survive-digbeth-20264337

Centrala has been a fixture in Digbeth for almost ten years but the pandemic has forced it to run out of cash and face an uncertain future which could see its doors close forever. – via Birmingham Mail

‘Opening Ikea but not the V&A doesn’t make any sense’: Museums in fight to survive ‘catastrophic’ Covid losses

https://inews.co.uk/culture/museums-galleries-reopening-uk-covid-pandemic-royal-academy-889670

The late reopening of the UK’s museums is another blow as they slash budgets and cut staff because of the pandemic. Come 17 May, they will have to do far more, with far less to attract the public back – via i newspaper.