Sadiq Khan joins campaigners in criticising exclusion of arts from Ebacc

3 March 2017

Photo by MTI. Children performing in the Broadway Junior version of The Little Mermaid, via The Stage

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Playback Festival: in association with Random Acts

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The Museum of the Future

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