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Monday, January 20, 2014

Arts funding: Boris Johnson kickflips South Bank scheme into touch by Simon Tait

Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly returns from duty at the Internet Services Providers’ Association conference in frozen New York today to find her cherished £120 millio…

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Monday, January 13, 2014

Arts funding: Michael Gove " not someone you'd want next to you in the trenches by Simon Tait

What on earth is Michael Gove up to? Maria Miller has come up with one great opportunity to make sure the government does something right by our history and our culture, and he's set a...

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Arts funding: My Christmas message: grim times ahead for the arts by Simon Tait

On the face of it, things are looking pretty good as the arts glide into 2014. Box offices are booming, museums and galleries have never been so busy, our art-makers are universally pre-emin…

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Arts funding: Saffrdon Walden County High School: a new stop on the touring circuit? by Simon Tait

There aren't many schools that can boast an international concert venue for its school hall, certainly no state school. And there's surely no school of any kind that has its own bar. That…

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Monday, December 9, 2013

Arts funding: 14-18 Now: The arts and the First World War by Simon Tait

So art is to be a part of the First World War commemorations " not "celebrations" as everyone is still having to be so careful to say. And so they should be, perhaps at the...

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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Analysis & Opinion: The battle for funding by Simon Tait

Simon Tait questions some of the assertions made in a recent report claiming Arts Council England skews its funding towards London

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Monday, March 4, 2013

News: Will it be arts and business or arts vs business? by Simon Tait

There's a slightly scary pragmatism working its way into the arts in the shadow of the recession, and Peter Bazalgette is a champion for it. He believes with all his heart in the arts, but...

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Interviews: Soft power's big daddy by Simon Tait

Simon Tait talks to the new chairman of Arts Council England about the challenging times ahead

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