You can't make an arts policy without breaking eggs

摘要

Monday. In the morning, go about things in a traditional and non-innovative way. Get absolutely epiphanied at lunchtime. In the afternoon, adopt a much more contemporary approach. Tuesday. The secretary of state for entertainment, Tia Murrier, has emailed, asking me to help formulate guidelines for the arts community. I think. 'Ian - the days of putting all our arts eggs in one basket? They are SO over. We must cut our cloth to suit our eggs. And tighten our egg belt. Too many omelettes of failure have occurred in the past. Broken eggs. Broken dreams. THIS is the egg legacy bequeathed to us by a soft-boiled Labour party!