Monthly Archives: January 2008

The new draft is shaping up well.  But the ending still isn’t right.  The temptation is to try to tie up all the loose ends in the narrative.  But that has the effect of putting a full stop to the … Continue reading →

An excellent letter from Ivan in The Guardian: Letters Monday Jan 7th 2008 The Guardian After being challenged with the case of “poor old Eastern Angles”, culture secretary James Purnell defines excellence as where people “have their meanings shaken up … Continue reading →

It’s hard to say how the campaign is going. Two or three hundred signatures is an encouraging sign but realistically a petition is unlikely to have much effect on the Arts Council. The real lobbying is going on behind the … Continue reading →