Phone call last night from the Evening News about the North Edinburgh Arts Centre triggered off a series of calls...apparently there is a budget deficit and the Arts Centre will have to recalibrate staffing to bring things into line: some gossip about it closing but I think this is overblown. Gave Steve Cardownie a call to ask what he'd heard. Like me...nothing ...which is surpring since most local organisations would make an immediate bee-line to the local councillors for help and advice: it's disappointing it didn't happen in this case since I understand employees, many of whom are local people, have been issued with statutory redundancy notices. This might have been avoided if another approach was followed.
With some justification one or two locals have said, 'they spend aw that money oan the Festival, but they dinnae care aboot local arts.' Steve and I profoundly disagree on some things but on this we are as one - local arts are just as important to the city as the Festival and it's time Edinburgh had a head of culture again. The capital city should lead the country's cultural life - not trail in Glasgow's wake.
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