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Engaged with the Arts: Writings from the Frontline
John Tusa
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Description for Engaged with the Arts: Writings from the Frontline
Hardback. A selection of essays on the arts in Britain, written by John Tusa, a notable controversialist, who spoke for the need for the arts. In these essays, he tells the true story of arts philanthropy and seeks out the ways in which the arts can be made to blossom in a cultural and political climate. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: AB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
John Tusa has been Managing Director of London's Barbican Centre for more than a decade. In that time, he has been a notable controversialist, speaking up for the need for the arts, defending their achievements and arguing for more funding. This selection of John Tusa's passionately argued, candid and challenging essays on the arts in Britain today is informed by a lifetime's experience of the arts and a current position at the centre of the British arts scene. Tusa seeks out the ways in which the arts can be made to blossom in this cultural and political climate, with cuts ... Read more
John Tusa has been Managing Director of London's Barbican Centre for more than a decade. In that time, he has been a notable controversialist, speaking up for the need for the arts, defending their achievements and arguing for more funding. This selection of John Tusa's passionately argued, candid and challenging essays on the arts in Britain today is informed by a lifetime's experience of the arts and a current position at the centre of the British arts scene. Tusa seeks out the ways in which the arts can be made to blossom in this cultural and political climate, with cuts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845114244
SKU
V9781845114244
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About John Tusa
Managing Director of the Corporation of London's Barbican Centre. His distinguished and varied career as broadcaster and journalist has included a long association with BBC's flagship 'Newsnight' as well as broadcasting with Radio 4's 'The World Tonight'. He is well-known to the British public as presenter in the 90s of BBC TV's 'One O'Clock News'. As Managing ... Read more
Reviews for Engaged with the Arts: Writings from the Frontline
THE INDEPENDENT (REVIEW) 'Important and provocative... brings several welcome and heretical challenges to cultural orthodoxies... Tusa should be thanked for having the courage to take on the cry of elitism, a word that seems to strike fear into arts institutions.' - David Lister SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Tusa's passion is intellectual rather than gushing, although he can also ... Read more