Tag Archives: ENO

Disingenuous Darren

February 19, 2016 – 8:45 AM

Darren Henley’s article in the Guardian on the 17th February, “The ENO must evolve for its own sake”,  is disingenuous and highlights the problem with the Arts Council and arts funding; a lack of an art form policy that holds the organisation to account for its funding decisions. Before the last funding round in 2015 […]

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Problems at ENO – the real problem is the Arts Council

January 9, 2016 – 12:57 PM

Mark Brown’s article   in the Guardian on the  4th January 2016, “Stage set for drama as ENO faces the financial music” demonstrates in graphic detail the problem with the Arts Council and arts funding; a lack of an explicit art form policy that holds the Arts Council to account for its funding decisions. Before […]

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Peter Bazalgette of Arts Council England – “Don’t Blame Me”.

June 19, 2014 – 2:26 PM

There was an article in the Observer on the 15th June 2014 by Vanessa Thorpe  “Arts in crisis – blame lies with council cuts”.  For the chairman of the Arts Council to pin the blame on local authorities budgets is disingenuous at best. Finding a scapegoat  reminds me of the the young aristocrat expaining to […]

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