A long awaited plan for Scottish culture is released: “It contains 124 recommendations for the future of art and culture in Scotland, 29 of which require new legislation. It includes calls for a major funding boost, the abolition of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, and the establishment of two new national arts bodies: Culture Scotland and the Culture Fund. The former would develop policy and the fund would provide finance. Both bodies, operating as companies, would roughly maintain the “arm’s length” principle – where cultural decisions are made outside government – which most artists and cultural workers in Scotland desired.”