Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Adjoa Andoh, Danny Dyer, Jesse Darling and many more spell out what must be done to restore Britain’s cultural lifeblood, from ending elitism to supercharging libraries – and flooding schools with music
At least Labour has started well with the education secretary announcing a review of the curriculum, the idea being that the arts and creative subjects should play a central role. Art education isn’t just about developing artists: it helps creativity and development in science and other fields. Creative subjects have been steadily squeezed out of schools. If we don’t introduce the next generation to the full range of the arts, they will become exclusively a playground of the privately educated. That seems to be happening already and it has to change. I shall be watching closely to see what the new culture secretary does to make Labour’s aspirations a reality.
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