tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752488408086271817.post2422390886716246597..comments2023-09-30T15:47:32.154+01:00Comments on Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: Give me a sweetiedanbyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16494254738251052106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752488408086271817.post-89168116109880310652007-07-07T17:58:00.000+01:002007-07-07T17:58:00.000+01:00Let's open the nominations. How about John Tusa?Th...Let's open the nominations. How about John Tusa?<BR/><BR/>The NHS point is a good one. I hadn't really thought that through: was the implication that, in making the NHS independent, there would no longer be a health secretary? Or would that simply become a much more junior position, a supervisory and policy post probably existing below cabinet level?danbyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494254738251052106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752488408086271817.post-15700519360032598592007-07-07T17:54:00.000+01:002007-07-07T17:54:00.000+01:00okay, a question. in gordon's search for a 'cabine...okay, a question. in gordon's search for a 'cabinet of talents' wouldn't it be wise for the culture minister to come from the cultural world? even if they are not an MP? i've recently heard good arguments for making the NHS non party political (although how the hell it would work seems to be a question no-one is prepared to answer) and the same could be said for the arts, couldn't it? that's actually seven questions, but my real question is, has a member of the arts been arts minister before and with what success? i vaguely remember glenda jackson being rubbish but then... i bow to cleverer persons than i...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752488408086271817.post-89029875664376872007-07-07T17:38:00.000+01:002007-07-07T17:38:00.000+01:00Damn, I was going to mention that and I forgot.I w...Damn, I was going to mention that and I forgot.<BR/><BR/>I wondered if he was thinking of Complicite's Caucasian Chalk Circle, which was, after all, only about ten years ago.<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure though, that it's dodgy reporting. Don't they have people who check these things pretty carefully? Or is it only Sam Seaborn who insists on triple-sourcing?danbyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494254738251052106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752488408086271817.post-11786379170800605072007-07-07T15:19:00.000+01:002007-07-07T15:19:00.000+01:00It is good that he puts the focus on excellence. ...It is good that he puts the focus on excellence. It is a shame that the only play he claims to have seen recently doesn't exist. This could of course be rubbish reporting, but the fanciful claim that he saw Kneehigh's Caucasian Chalk Circle is nonsense. Kneehigh are doing A Matter of Life and Death and Caucasian Chalk Circle was an NT production using a Frank McGuinness translation.Andrew Haydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568061302451610140noreply@blogger.com