Maria Miller, the culture secretary, has hit back at Nicholas Hytner's accusations of neglect of the arts by the government
Culture secretary Maria Miller has accused leading members of the arts world of making statements "close to pure fiction" and saying that "accusations that this government neither likes nor supports the arts are disingenuous in the extreme".
In a highly combative article in the London Evening Standard, she also hit out personally at Sir Nicholas Hytner, director of the National Theatre, saying it was "outrageous" of him to claim that "the government has done next to nothing to encourage philanthropy". She was referring to comments made by him earlier this month at an event, supported by Olympics opening ceremony director Danny Boyle, to raise awareness of funding problems for theatres in the regions.
It was the second time she had publicly taken on Hytner this week. On Monday, at a Conservative party fundraising event,...
Culture secretary Maria Miller has accused leading members of the arts world of making statements "close to pure fiction" and saying that "accusations that this government neither likes nor supports the arts are disingenuous in the extreme".
In a highly combative article in the London Evening Standard, she also hit out personally at Sir Nicholas Hytner, director of the National Theatre, saying it was "outrageous" of him to claim that "the government has done next to nothing to encourage philanthropy". She was referring to comments made by him earlier this month at an event, supported by Olympics opening ceremony director Danny Boyle, to raise awareness of funding problems for theatres in the regions.
It was the second time she had publicly taken on Hytner this week. On Monday, at a Conservative party fundraising event,...
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