It’s time for museums to programme work that takes a stance on the European referendum – otherwise the views of the cultural sector could be pushed aside, says Alistair Brown.
Like the daughter that David Cameron accidentally abandoned in a pub toilet, culture could be the forgotten child in the EU referendum campaign. Battles will rage, or at least trundle on, about immigration and sovereignty, and proponents of either side might occasionally remember to cite ‘our common European heritage’ on one side, or the need to ‘reassert British cultural values’ on the other. But in all probability no-one will be talking about museums.
And a lot of people within the cultural sector will be fine with that. The largely liberal bubble that is the arts might be happy to sit this one out, and duck below... Keep reading on Apollo
Like the daughter that David Cameron accidentally abandoned in a pub toilet, culture could be the forgotten child in the EU referendum campaign. Battles will rage, or at least trundle on, about immigration and sovereignty, and proponents of either side might occasionally remember to cite ‘our common European heritage’ on one side, or the need to ‘reassert British cultural values’ on the other. But in all probability no-one will be talking about museums.
And a lot of people within the cultural sector will be fine with that. The largely liberal bubble that is the arts might be happy to sit this one out, and duck below... Keep reading on Apollo