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The 50 most powerful people in Scottish arts and culture revealed

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    1. Comment by Rob Kay.

      One cannot help but note the absence of diversity. This is a very largely white, middle-class, university-educated group of people, isn't it? I suppose that's inevitable, but it's a little bit conservative, isn't it?

      • Comment by Steve Brammer.

        Luvies loving luvies, what’s not to like?

        Pass the sick bucket.

        • Comment by Daniel O'neill.

          its just luvvie " I hope they all see this " nonsense really isnt it.

          • Reply by Ronald Greer.

            with a sprinkle of hokus-pokus and mumbo-jumbo

        • Comment by McKenzie McNeil.

          Gosh. What a motely crue of mostly out of touch with reality "influencers" living in a bubble of self congratulation and dwindling audiences and participants. Make the arts great again. Ahem.

          • Reply by Ronald Greer.

            or more briefly, talented, new original voices need not apply

          • Reply by McKenzie McNeil.

            Got to get a literary agent these days, or a referal/recommendation from top talent. Most production companies won't accept unsolicited scripts for fear of being sued for plagiarism.

        • Comment by Peter Fraser.

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          VER provides exactly what value to Scottish culture? And Donald Shaw was unavailable for selection...?

          • Comment by Michael Tribe.

            There seems to be nobody from the 'art world' in this list - no wonder that 103 Trongate has been gasping for breath - and no wonder that the Royal Glasgow Institute has been struggling to re-establish itself.

            • Comment by Edward Chang.

              The Cosy Club in all it’s “diversity”.

              “Her rhetoric casts design as a tool for climate justice and social repair”

              Ross Greer approves.

              • Reply by John Hodgart.

                Ian, it's vacuous, pretentious cac and her claim that the Citizens has a history as a working class cultural landmark really made me laugh. Apart from a few rare exceptions it never was any such thing and it certainly isn't now.

              • Reply by Ronald Greer.

                tis not even as good as that

            • Comment by S Muir.

              This explains the failure of Scottish arts and the lack of a thriving popular culture.

              • Reply by Ronald Greer.

                well, it's popular with their pals in the sub-culture, darling.

            • Comment by bill macintyre.

              And let's hope that they stick to the arts and leave politics, where we already have enough actors and comedians, alone.

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