Private Views: Voices from the Front Line of British Culture is available to order from the Social Affairs Unit and Amazon.
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Private Views
Private Views: Voices from the Front Line of British Culture is available to order from the Social Affairs Unit and Amazon.
NCF Report
The NCF report The Arts Council: Managed to Death can be downloaded here.
NCF TV
Director Peter Whittle hosted over forty editions of Culture Clash, a half hour cultural discussion programme, which ran for a year on the UK's first internet TV site, 18 Doughty Street.
There was a huge diversity of subject matter, and you can view any one of the programmes by clicking here, where you'll find a brief description of each one.
My Cultural Life
My Cultural Life explores the cultural hinterland of figures in our creative, political and social landscape in ten quick fire questions.
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Hugh Morrison (not verified) | Tue, 2007-11-13 11:43
As a libertarian I would reject completely the compulsory wearing of poppies. It must be a voluntary act, and it is heartening to see that even in today's fragmented society the poppy is still widely worn - far more so than any other charitable symbol I can think of.
I also have not noticed a lack of poppies being worn by ethnic minorities - in fact the other day I saw two ladies in Ghanaian national dress on the tube, both wearing poppies. In London, the majority of churchgoers are from the ethnic minorities, and so are quite probably more likely than the 'natives' to attend a service of remembrance.
Whilst I agree that the liberal-left intelligentsia seem intent on downplaying any event that promotes the concept of British national identity, the compulsory distribution of poppies through schools smacks rather too much of New Labour state-enforced patriotism.
Wear your poppy with pride, not compulsion.
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