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ITV and the Musicians’ Union sixty years on

September 22, 2015john

ITV (Independent Television) in the UK was launched sixty years ago today and the anniversary and background has been been the focus of much media attention. It is a significant anniversary as the channel marked the end of the BBC’s… Continue Reading →

commercial television, ITV, Musicians' Union, sixty years

The Beatles (Ind)

June 13, 2015john

The January 1966 edition of The Musician contained an extraordinary account of the ‘beat scene’ in Bavaria by MU member, Laurie Scott. It is remarkable for a number of reasons. It came at a time when official Union publications were… Continue Reading →

Indonesia, Indonesian Beatles, The Beatles

A letter from George Bernard Shaw

August 10, 2014john

As part of their campaign to prevent the continued downsizing of theatre orchestras in the 1920s, the Musicians’ Union’s Glasgow Branch Secretary, Walter Murdock, wrote to the playwright, George Bernard Shaw, for “any possible assistance he could give us in… Continue Reading →

George Bernard Shaw, Musicians' Union, theatre orchestras

Why are we dancing tonight?

May 1, 2014john

May Day has always been an important date in the trade union calendar, but for the Musicians’ Union in the 1950s it became tied to a campaign to boost employment for musicians. John Williamson explains the background to the question… Continue Reading →

Dispatches from the front, 1916

March 14, 2014john

JS Ratcliffe, the Union’s Scottish organiser, wrote to the Union from the front line in France during World War 1. Here is his correspondence. Continue Reading →

AMU, JS Ratcliffe, letters, World War I

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