Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop’s intervention in the recent Creative Scotland funding debacle is further proof of the funder’s lamentable lack of independence, argues Magnus Linklater.
Funding the arts in Scotland is turning into an impossible job and Fiona Hyslop, the culture secretary, is not making it any easier. I admire her long service as a champion of the arts, in and out of the cabinet, over the past nine years. She has held the culture brief longer than any predecessor and talks it up with great eloquence, at the same time helping maintain the level of funding to a remarkable ext... Keep reading on The Times
Funding the arts in Scotland is turning into an impossible job and Fiona Hyslop, the culture secretary, is not making it any easier. I admire her long service as a champion of the arts, in and out of the cabinet, over the past nine years. She has held the culture brief longer than any predecessor and talks it up with great eloquence, at the same time helping maintain the level of funding to a remarkable ext... Keep reading on The Times