#WeMakeEvents on the blog this week⠀ https://buff.ly/3jfzek6

It's a big day for my industry today. #WeMakeEvents is happening right across the country. We were the first to shut down due to the pandemic & we will be the last to return. We are calling on the government to better support our sector. So many people with no work right now, and no ability to plan for their futures. We know there's no magic money tree, but as an industry that contributed over £100bn to the UK economy in 2017, and was the fastest growing in 2017 must surely be worth more than the 1.5bn allocated by the government that is barely going to scratch the surface.⠀ ⠀ The brain drain that we are going to see as people leave the industry is going to be immense. I am not confident that live entertainment in the UK will ever be the same again. https://buff.ly/3ku4CwO

Nothing glamourous, just some important mental health links in the blog this week. https://buff.ly/3ktwTUn

Like a sort of crap internet Pepys, Smiffy occasionally has the urge to move his stubby fingers away from a Lighting Desk and on to a computer keyboard. Here, he gives a rundown of the desks he's used, and broken, over the years.⠀ ⠀ https://buff.ly/2DciWJm