“It’s got to be more than a set of venues, theatres that are open when there’s a show on and dead at other times. When you think about the location that we sit in as a portal through to the rest of the precinct, people want to spend time here.”
Tag: 05.07.13
Arguments For Economic Impact Of The Arts Are Fine. But Really…
“We pay something for the majesty of the monarchy, we pay something to preserve the beauty of the countryside – and for similar reasons, we should pay something for the arts. They are as essential to our national dignity as the Queen and Hadrian’s Wall or the Lake District: they make us who we are and how the world sees us.”
Are Our Brains Determined By One Algorithm?
“This movement seeks to meld computer science with neuroscience — something that never quite happened in the world of artificial intelligence.”
How Good An Investment Is British Arts Funding? This Good
“Arts and culture delivers a significant return on relatively small levels of government spending and directly leads to at least £856m of spending by tourists in the UK, according to a new report seeking to analyse the value of the arts to the modern economy.”