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Is Westworld more feminist than it looks?
I’ve only just caught up with Westworld, I had put off watching it based on my experience of the original movie, which I didn’t like. It turns out I loved Westworld the TV show! I was at a meeting recently … Continue reading
Counter Culture White Paper
I have set up a small project to create a ‘Counter Culture White Paper’ partly in response to the recent DCMS White Paper but also as a way of bringing together all the thinking that has been happening in various … Continue reading
Posted in arts, arts funding, Politics
Tagged arts, counter culture, culture, culture white paper, diversity
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Towards a Progressive Arts Policy – cultural contracts
This week gone by has been another big week for talking about the arts and where we are headed. I was unable to attend the RSA/Arts Council event on their proposal for a Cultural Contract. I did however watch the … Continue reading
Things I’d like to see (part 1): Real diversity in the arts
I’ve been thinking a lot, a lot, a lot about this. And, you know me, talking about it quite a bit. The thing about diversity is – it’s quite diverse and there are going to be certain barriers that are … Continue reading
Posted in arts, arts funding, Politics, theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged all my sons, arts, critics, diversity, education, hamlet, maxine peake, royal exchange manchester, theatre royal plymouth
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Ask the Artist
Last night I went to the first Provocation to come out of the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value – it was titled ‘Are cuts to funding the greatest threat to culture?’ Now the Commission are quite clear … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Davey, artist, arts, arts council, Goldsmiths, Robert Peston, Value of Culture, Warwick Commission, Warwick University
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Show me the evidence!
George and Dave may still be intent on showing us the money but I say “show me the evidence!” In the last decade, with almost global access (and input into) the internet and its many web-based resources, we have moved … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, ask for evidence, data, evidence, health, NHS, science, sense about science, SIC codes
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