News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Universities are in the midst of a financial crisis, with a dramatic drop in demand leading to the closure of arts and humanities degrees across England.
The scale of waste of taxpayers' money on woke projects like 'trigger warnings' for plays is staggering, says Charlotte Gill. No wonder no matter how much money is thrown at the arts the sector is always 'on its knees'.
The Turner Prize still thinks it's avant garde and subversive when in reality it just repeats the same monotonous Establishment platitudes and woke yawnfests as everyone else, says Steven Tucker.
Certain natural events achieve so perfectly a higher symbolic meaning that it is hard not to see in them a divine message, says Eugyppius. Such is the case with the collapse of an equestrian statue of Angela Merkel.
Tour de France fans took matters into their own hands on Saturday as they removed a gang of eco-protesters threatening to disrupt the bicycle race by sitting in the middle of the road to block riders.
A top British dance school has dropped ballet from its auditions after branding it an "elitist art form" built around "white European ideas and body shapes" and "gender-divided roles".
Chinese lockdown sceptic artist Ai Weiwei has been beaten by the police for his opposition to the Chinese Communist Party and held in conditions of extreme confinement. We can say honestly he has suffered for his art.
A new survey has highlighted the damaging impact of lockdowns on museums and art galleries across the world, with visitor numbers at the top 100 institutions plunging by 77% last year.
A Government fund established to support the arts through lockdowns has handed over little more than half of the money it has allocated. Why not just scrap the fund altogether and let the industry re-open?
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