“Sir Christopher Frayling bows out this week after five years as chairman of Arts Council England – and one thing he certainly won’t miss is the ‘relentless venom’. Speaking before a valedictory lecture tonight, he advised his successor to sort out cultural events that will surround the 2012 Olympic games and called for a deeper debate about the value of the arts, describing the current level of discourse as ‘a bit beer and skittles’.”