Marcus Ryder
Freelance Writer at Freelance
CEO of @FilmTVCharity, Editor "Black British Lives Matter" @FaberBooks, Chair of RADA @RADA_London.
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1 month ago |
rts.org.uk | Marcus Ryder
A few weeks ago, the Film and TV Charity published its latest Looking Glass survey, the largest study of its kind, examining the mental health and wellbeing of people working in the UK’s film, television and cinema industries. The results were not unexpected, but they were still deeply troubling. More than a third of respondents rated their mental health as “poor” or “very poor”, while 30% reported having thoughts of taking their own life in the past 12 months.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
independent.co.uk | Marcus Ryder
In 2021, I was appointed the chair of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), arguably Britain’s – and possibly the world’s – most prestigious drama school. For the last three years, I have greeted the new influx of first year students with the following words: “Drama is essential to democracy and a well functioning society.
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May 16, 2024 |
eventbrite.co.uk | Marcus Ryder
George Floyd was a Black man who died after officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck. The kneeling reportedly started at 8.01pm (local time) and lasted for 9 minutes 29 seconds. (It was originally thought to have lasted 8 minutes 46 seconds until the release of police body camera footage). His murder is not only a personal tragedy but has grown to symbolise the inequality Black people face across the world.
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Feb 8, 2024 |
linkedin.com | Marcus Ryder
To mark Race Equality Week, I have a confession to make… After 25 years working in the media industry, I am not sure I am “anti-racist”, or at least I am not anti-racist in the way it is usually discussed and how policies are usually shaped to address it.
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Dec 15, 2023 |
theguardian.com | Armando Iannucci |Jane Martinson |Pat Younge |Sophie Chalk |Patrick Barwise |Peter York | +2 more
Armando Iannucci Take the fight back to WhitehallOnce again, the government comes to clip what it sees as the BBC’s unfettered wings. Governments in a panic do that, sooner or later, and it’s up to the BBC’s new chair to call them out on this. They’ve reneged on an agreement to fund the BBC properly: the licence fee has been frozen for the last two years, but was set to rise in line with inflation from 2024.
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