Cultural Capital

Category: Arts and Entertainment

Date: February 10, 2010

Website address: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital

Description: News and comment on arts, books, film, music, theatre, philosophy and politics from the New Statesman culture desk.

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Government scraps UK Film Council

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:41:51 GMT

But might this be good news for British film? The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced that the UK Film Council is to be abolished. It is the highest profile name in a list of 55 public bodies that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport wants to cut, merge or "streamline"....

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/07/british-film-council-abolished

A government of philistines

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:18:03 GMT

Cutting the arts is the last thing the coalition should be doing. Shortly before the general election, I was talking to the head of one of London's great cultural institutions about Jeremy Hunt. "I hope they keep him at the DCMS," he said. "But he's probably too good for that."...

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/07/arts-cuts-jeremy-hunt

Words in Pictures: Mourid Barghouti

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:53:22 GMT

The Palestinian poet reads extracts from his work. In this week's issue, travel writer Stefan Simanowitz reports from FiSahara, an annual film festival held in a Saharawi refugee camp in the Algerian desert. He cites Mourid Barghouti's aphorism that "if you want to dispossess a people, the s...

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/07/palestinian-poet-work

Sun, scrumpy and socialism

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:01:10 GMT

This year's Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival was more militant than ever. It could have been a scene from any music festival across the land: a muddy field filled with sun-kissed revellers singing along infront of a stage. But unlike other festivals, Tolpuddle is organised by the Trades Union Congress,...

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/07/tolpuddle-festival-union

Damien Hirst for culture minister?

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:13:51 GMT

Should the Department for Culture, Media and Sport be hiring more artists? Damien Hirst as minister for culture? Mike Leigh as his deputy? Elton John as head of the Arts Council? It sounds unlikely, but perhaps we could learn a thing or two from our Brazilian friends.Yesterday the Southbank gave ...

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2010/07/culture-artists-brazil-arts