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5%
1 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge has donated a London flat so that early-career writers can afford to live in the capital.
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writers → donate → capital
The creator of the hit show Fleabag bought the property specifically for Writers’ Block, a new scheme tackling class barriers in theatre.
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creator → buy → theatre
The flat will be offered to writers from disadvantaged backgrounds, who will pay only bills.
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who → offer → bills
Waller-Bridge has also made what the initiative described as a “generous financial contribution”.
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initiative → make → contribution
The screenwriter Jack Thorne, who co-created Adolescence and wrote Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, is also backing the scheme financially.
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created → co → scheme
“I was lucky when I started out, my brother lived in Croydon and was able to put me up,” he said.
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he → start → me
“He did so, rather selflessly, for five years, before I moved to Luton and he got his peace.
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he → do → peace
“For many writers, the need for a roof makes writing impossible, which is why this pilot is so important.
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pilot → make → roof
If we want stories told about our complicated world, we need writers of every background writing them.
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writers → want → them
If you’re from privilege, your biggest problem is what to fill a page with.
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problem → ’re → page
If you’re not, so much of your struggle is about the need to survive.
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much → ’re → need
Other backers include: the playwright and screenwriter James Graham, who wrote stage shows including Ink, Quiz and Dear England; the Happy Valley creator Sally Wainwright; The Crown’s Peter Morgan; and Waller-Bridge’s partner Martin McDonagh, who wrote and directed films including The Banshees of Inisherin and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
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who → include → Ebbing
Research by the Sutton Trust and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre found that just 16% of people working in the creative industries came from working-class backgrounds.
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% → find → backgrounds
It also found that class imbalances were more pronounced in the sector than in any other.
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imbalances → find → other
Graham said the industry’s efforts to improve representation continued to overlook class.
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efforts → say → class
“The industry’s urgent pursuit of representation is still letting down the biggest area of under-representation of all, which is class,” he said.
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he → let → all
“When I first made it to London, I slept on friends’ floors and worked in call centres and bars while I wrote.
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I → make → centres
Every spare room a scheme like this can give to writers starting out in London, not only helps them write but saves them from giving up completely.
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them → give → them
Writers’ Block grew out of the Adopt a Playwright Award, founded in 2008 by Sofie Mason and Diana Jervis-Read to provide affordable accommodation for writers who need to be in London for meetings, rehearsals, performances and career opportunities.
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who → grow → meetings
The scheme invites Londoners to offer spare rooms at reduced rates, capped at £30 a night or £500 a month.
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scheme → invite → 30
It has signed up 15 homes and helped 12 writers find accommodation, from overnight stays to longer-term placements.
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writers → sign → placements
The organisers say the scheme could appeal to older people living alone who would welcome companionship and extra income but feel uncomfortable advertising a room to strangers.
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who → say → strangers
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