National Lottery row over arts funding

Title

National Lottery row over arts funding

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 Oct 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:02

Description

Jeff Collins reports on controversy over the distribution of National Lottery money which has been awarded to various arts projects, some of which have been described as elitist. Includes comment from Terry Dicks MP; Lord Gowrie (Alexander Ruthven, or Grey Gowrie), Arts Council Chairman; Virginia Bottomley, Heritage Secretary; Peter Gummer, Arts Council.

Contributors

Virginia Bottomley; Jeff Collins; Terry Dicks; Peter Gummer; Grey Gowrie

Keywords

London; Grants; Arts; Arts Council; National lotteries; Camelot; Arts policy; Financing

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