A chill wind is blowing through the literary festivals of Britain as, one by one, some of the most blue-chip events on the calendar are pressured to end their relationships with one of the UK’s main arts sponsors. The investment firm, but in the past fortnight both have terminated their sponsorship agreements. This week two smaller Scottish festivals announced they would be following suit. It remains to be seen what happens to the, awarded to the best nonfiction book of the year.
‘You mean to say we spent £80 and we don’t even get to see her tits?’: Roger Corman’s Irish studio was from another age The arts can’t continue to be so dependent on philanthropy and corporate partnerships. We need much greater public funding for the arts Who will make up the shortfall? Fossil Free Books says that “the arts can’t continue to be so dependent on philanthropy and corporate partnerships. We need much greater public funding for the arts.” That received a frosty response from Scottish first minister, currently fighting a rearguard election campaign, who said that “we have to recognise that the public purse cannot stretch to meet every requirement that is put in front of it”.