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Evening Standard
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16 Sep 2025
What Owen Cooper’s Emmy says about what we stand to lose
Comment piece
by
Alex Pleasants
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It is the kind of story Britain loves: local talent nurtured in a community class, suddenly centre stage in Hollywood. But it is also a story that should give policymakers pause. For while Owen’s win is rightly celebrated as a triumph, the opportunities that made it possible are shrinking at home. According to Campaign for the Arts, the number of pupils taking GCSE Drama has fallen by more than 40 per cent in the past 15 years. In some schools the subject has vanished entirely.
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