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John Byrne

John Byrne is careers adviser for The Stage and is also a writer, cartoonist, performer and broadcaster

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Creative Industries Federation campaign to provide 1,000 free memberships

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to subsidise 1,000 free memberships to the Creative Industries Federation