I suppose in time we will all come to terms with our grief over the removal of Dame Liz Forgan as boss of Arts Council England. Although, of course, it will be a great struggle.
The Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt has said Dame Liz’s tenure will not be renewed because he wants the council ‘to be led by someone who isn’t part of the smug public school Guardianista-BBC liberal establishment, those awful self-satisfied people who are on the boards of almost every bloody quango in the country, despite never having done a single thing of consequence in their North London Sancerre-swilling, hummus and flatbread chomping lives.’
Well, actually, that’s not quite what he said. He said he wanted someone who knew about digital technology, or something. But we get the drift.
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