Martin Bright on London’s New Deal for the arts
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Stephen in News
Just over a year ago around 60 prominent figures from Britain’s cultural institutions and the entertainment industry gathered at No. 11 Downing to discuss the implications of the economic crisis. They were there at the invitation of Maggie Darling, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer’s wife and Cabinet ministers James Purnell and Andy Burnham.
This was the birth of New Deal of the Mind, an organisation that grew
out of an article I wrote for the New Statesman in January 2009
arguing that Britain could learn from the cultural projects of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal in 1930s America. This work
creation scheme spawned artists Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock as
well as writers Saul Bellow and John Cheever.
Toby Young on education policy in Lambeth
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by webmaster in News
Like many people, I didn’t spend much time thinking about education until I became a parent. Now that I have four children, I think about little else. Finding a good state primary school in West London where I live is hard enough, but a good comprehensive is a real challenge, particularly if you don’t meet the eligibility criteria for a faith school. Given that my wife and I are committed to educating our children in the state sector, I thought we’d either have to take what was on offer or move to the country.
James Purnell on London Citizens
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by webmaster in News
Passionate about the new activism
A record number of MPs are to stand down at the general election on 6 May. One of them, a former Cabinet Minister, is filling the gap with an enthusiastic interest in community organising – neighbourhood action which, he says, can transform the political process.
I’m writing this as Gordon Brown is [...]
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