Did you know about the Arts Funding Cut 100%

[french frank]

But on arts spending, let's not forget the PSBs. What do we make of this graph from Ofcom's 2012 report?



The two bands too small to have an amount attached are education and arts/classical music.

The biggest band is soaps and drama. Also reported:

"The statements which ranked the lowest in terms of importance were 'it shows high quality soaps or dramas made in the UK' and 'its programmes show different kinds of cultures with the UK'"

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

“great emancipatory gains for human freedom have not been the result of orderly, institution procedures but of disorderly, unpredictable, spontaneous action cracking open the social order from below.”

both my experiences and my age [a certain lack of a future] leave me agreeing with this statement with an embarrassingly bloodthirsty enthusiasm ... the statement is from Two Cheers for Anarchism

ff the only conclusion that i can draw from the chart you reproduce is that as stated not enough is spent on the Arts & Education ... and i take it that factual includes 'Reality' type shows and Baking and Dancing competitions ... [what are PSBs?]

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[what are PSBs?]

Public Sevice Broadcasters?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

thanks for the confirmation ...

art and civilisation gets a puff in this Jenkins piece in the Graun [one of the times i agree with him]

[french frank]

Public Sevice Broadcasters?

Sorry, yes. Not purple sprouting broccoli ...

[amateur51]

Sorry, yes. Not purple sprouting broccoli ...

[handsomefortune]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cartoon/2013/feb/07/michael-gove-schools-gcse-ebacc

[teamsaint]

I know its not just the BBC in FFs lovely chart, but license fee income is rising steadily.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2012-12-04a.122.0

Sorry to hear about Jazzers poor experiences in London.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Sorry to hear about Jazzers poor experiences in London.

it was just the travel and cost, the recital and the new people we met were great! ...the recitals are at 6, worth catching if you are in that maze of intersections between Holborn and Tottenham Court Road at the bottom of Gower Street ...

only a society that gives power to the mad gradgrinds who damage people in the NHS in pursuit of targets would cut Arts funding to nothing , beyond phillistine, this is seriously dysfunctional personalities running things folks ...

[Byas'd Opinion]

It's not just down in Newcastle it's happening, it's now affected the real North-East. Moray Council has also completely scrapped all arts funding: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...udget.20212690

For a good piece about why this is important, and isn't just about hand-outs to luvvies, read http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...tment.20221904

If every council took the attitude of Moray only national companies, supported by the Scottish Government and earnings at the box office, would survive. Arts would return to the elitist days of old, where high culture was only for those with a high income, and every community in Scotland would be the poorer for it, especially those outside the central belt. As it is, if you live outside the major cities, seeing a play or even a film requires the mounting of an expedition that wouldn't shame Dr Livingstone.

("Outside the central belt" is the Scottish equivalent of "north of Watford")

[amateur51]

It's not just down in Newcastle it's happening, it's now affected the real North-East. Moray Council has also completely scrapped all arts funding: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...udget.20212690

For a good piece about why this is important, and isn't just about hand-outs to luvvies, read http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...tment.20221904



("Outside the central belt" is the Scottish equivalent of "north of Watford")

Good stuff, Alison Rowat Many thanks for this, Byas'd Opinion

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Another thought - will the arts funding cuts apply to support for school visits to the theatre etc (where that exists), or does that come from the education budget?

The Arts Council is now responsible for distributing government funds for LEA music services (now called "hubs"). The fact that there will be massive cuts should not be blamed on the Arts Council, as they can only distribute what the government gives to them. Don't shoot the messenger, when the blame lies with the treasury and Michael Gove.

[MrGongGong]

It's important to remember that the "hub" organisations aren't everywhere the same organisations that were previously the LEA music services
and that the funding allocated to them will decrease massively in the next few years

Just been sent this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-21447771

which is slightly better news

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It's important to remember that the "hub" organisations aren't everywhere the same organisations that were previously the LEA music services

True, but in practice they are in general, much to the regret of divide-and-rule Gove. But of course, if they fail financially, Govey will deny blame.