Last month the director of London’s Barbican criticized his fellow arts institutions for the manner in which they were run. Now another arts leader has turned on his colleagues. “It used to be unknown for subsidised institutions to condemn each other.” But now, “with the attacks now coming from within, the pressure will be on the notoriously non-interventionist Culture Secretary Chris Smith to take a closer interest in the performance of national institutions.” – The Independent (UK) 11/12/00