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Museums fighting for survival, national charity warns January 22 2021, 12.03am Supermundane Hope Patch is up for sale as part of Art Fund’s crowdfunding campaign (Art Fund/PA) Museums and galleries are “fighting for survival” following the latest lockdown, a national charity has warned. Others could follow in the footsteps of London’s Florence Nightingale Museum, which has previously announced it is closing for the “foreseeable future”. Olympic artist Sir Anish Kapoor said the nation’s museums face “great difficulty”. Art Fund, the national charity for art, predicted that small institutions are likely to suffer most and said more help is needed. ....
Hospitality chiefs issued a dire warning about the future of many businesses last night after doctors advised that the reopening of pubs and restaurants should be pushed back to May. Industry leaders said that just one in five restaurants, pubs and bars had enough cash to get through beyond March. It came after Sage scientists who advise the Government warned that the sector would have to stay closed until at least May to limit the spread of coronavirus. Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, told Radio 4 s The World At One that if the reopening of the sector was delayed until May, 3.2million could lose their jobs. ....