Arts Council England’s New Plan Imagines A Different Role For The Arts

The emphasis on participation – on culture as something that more peopleshould actually do – is newer. This is the difference between being in aplay or a band and buying tickets to watch them, and for ACE to play amore active role in promoting the former would be beneficial. Thisbegins in childhood, and ACE clearly hopes that the government willthink again about policies that have seen music, drama and other artssubjects systematically downgraded in favour of science, technology and