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
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
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
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
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