More than a hundred leading authors, artists and musicians have
co-signed an open letter to the Home Secretary, calling on the
government to make it easier for writers and performers to visit
the UK on a short-term basis.
The signatories to the letter want short-term visits by non-EU
artists to be removed from the scope of the points-based visa
system, which they describe as 'needlessly bureaucratic and
intrusive' and accuse of badly damaging the UK's great tradition of
cultural exchange. The government should, they say, expand the
entertainer visa route – currently available to artists who are
performing without a fee – to include artists and entertainers who
are getting paid.
Last November, US cellist Kristin Ostling, who plays in the Carpe
Diem Quartet, was refused entry to the UK even though she was
planning to take part in a musicology conference for no fee.
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