Scotland is undergoing a debate about the accessibility and quality of its support for the arts. Is one incompatible with the other? “We must not confuse accessibility with the lowest common denominator. You should aim to put out the best art exhibitions, the best musical performance, the best book festival and then you make that accessible. My belief is that this shows the greatest respect of all to the individual to whom you are trying to create access, to say ‘we have the best here’.”