内容摘要：Hundreds of thousands, perhaps even a million, people will unbox their very own

Hundreds of thousands, perhaps even a million, people will unbox their very own

At Cornerstone, however, the mood is optimistic.The venue has just been granted £405,000 from Community Infrastructure Levy funding to revamp its building.

"The building opened in 2008 and some parts are starting to show its age," community arts manager Daniel Harrison said."We're looking to completely revamp the cafe area, repurpose the box office and do some cosmetic improvements to the outside as well."It is all part of South Oxfordshire District Council's upcoming Culture, Heritage and Creative Industries Strategy, run alongside Vale of White Horse District Council.

Starting in summer 2026 and lasting four years, the project will work with the Arts Council, the National Lottery Heritage Fund and others to give a boost to the creative sector.Tourism, the local economy and arts jobs are all in its sights.

Georgina Heritage, the authority's communities lead, said, "The strategy will enable us to have a four-year plan and set the vision for arts and culture, not just at Cornerstone but across the district."

It would also emphasise the importance of the arts sector in south Oxfordshire "for businesses and the health and wellbeing of our residents," she added.She got a little more time when her daughter Emma went to nursery in the mornings.

"It gave me an urgency. I'd write for two hours and then concentrate on her in the afternoon."Now the writing challenges are different, with the threat of AI looming over the writing profession. But Wilson doesn't seem too worried about it.

"I take comfort from the fact that my partner's brother-in-law... asked some AI thing to write a story for his daughter in the style of Jacqueline Wilson, and then he sent it to us. And either I've been blissfully unaware and I've been writing garbage or.... it was just unbearably awful."Dylan Thomas implored his readers to "rage, rage against the dying of the light".