finkennedy

Fin Kennedy · @finkennedy

24th May 2013 from TwitLonger

Dear Conservative Home,

Following publication of your blog post 'Councils should not subsidise the arts', and your subsequent removal of my comments on it, here are the links you were trying to hide.

I asked the author of your article to please read this:

http://www.themj.co.uk/article/default.aspx?id=192885&typeid=3

Then this:

http://theoxfordculturereview.com/2013/01/16/challenge-vaizey-an-interview-with-fin-kennedy/

Then also this:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/126273288/In-Battalions

Then read this:

http://www.cebr.com/reports/arts-and-cultures-economic-contribution/
Then read this:

http://www.rccil.org.uk/513/summaries/economic-impact-study-of-uk-theatre.html

Then read this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&ved=0CEAQFjABOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityoflondon.gov.uk%2Fbusiness%2Feconomic-research-and-information%2Fresearch-publications%2FDocuments%2Fresearch-2013%2FEconomic-social-cultural-impact-of-the-city-arts-and-culture-clusture-ForWeb.pdf&ei=eMCfUdSWDOKl0wW_94CoBQ&usg=AFQjCNHF4UkMat2qCLXyq9Aj2gUn3l2EtQ&sig2=MIkUI7Xpoe5coRwIkdPKqg&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Then read this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&ved=0CEUQFjACOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.larc.uk.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F10%2FLARC-Economic-Impact-Scoping-Final-Report.pdf&ei=eMCfUdSWDOKl0wW_94CoBQ&usg=AFQjCNGu85E7N1xl50YSYpewJJlZe5gYIg&sig2=RxGhMBGkP-9_-M4OpcTeFg&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Then read this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=15&cad=rja&ved=0CFAQFjAEOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ahrc.ac.uk%2FNews-and-Events%2FPublications%2FDocuments%2FLeading-the-World.pdf&ei=eMCfUdSWDOKl0wW_94CoBQ&usg=AFQjCNE7Ap3xdATFCCjldrbLr32leATDxQ&sig2=MaicVZDX3z1LVmu62W2P4g&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Then read this:

http://www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/page.aspx?p=93

Then read this:

http://www.nesta.org.uk/home1/assets/documents/culture_of_innovation

Had enough yet? Me neither.

Then read this:

http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/contemporary-visual-arts-impact-study

Then read this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=43&cad=rja&ved=0CEMQFjACOCg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.douglaschalmers.com%2FImpactOfGaelicInGlasgowFeb09.docx&ei=AsKfUfHrHKO60QW4g4CADw&usg=AFQjCNEio4ktO7V7Zde7r3dv3Tr9IIJbKA&sig2=2OmlBIiCOEianu71aDhE8g&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Then read this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=55&cad=rja&ved=0CEUQFjAEODI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.local.gov.uk%2Fc%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file%3Fuuid%3Ddb320e62-a4f0-4ed3-8cd4-3945335e51cd%26groupId%3D10171&ei=JMKfUY2XCuOm0AXhsYBA&usg=AFQjCNH-DRJWBshqVFLUFrQXBS8HueC18g&sig2=XSEm6UnGOePyg4wqeqitjQ&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Then read this:

http://www.live.org.uk/about-us/news/economic-impact-assessment-demonstrates-exactly-why-%E2%80%98culture-matters%E2%80%99

Then read this:

http://www.dcresearch.co.uk/creativescotland.asp?t=t&pid=92&nid=80

Then read this:

http://www.impact.arts.gla.ac.uk/record/767/

Then read this:

http://rgu-sim.rgu.ac.uk/impact/evidence/econcult.htm

Then read this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=26&cad=rja&ved=0CFMQFjAFOBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.artscouncil-ni.org%2Fdeparts%2Fall%2Freport%2Fresearch%2Fsubsidised%2520theatre.pdf&ei=lsCfUc_jG7Dv0gW0jYCIDQ&usg=AFQjCNFXkO83kuU7NDrHHR5I5t5hv6eNig&sig2=n9-eHZQQtNhiulGmFift1Q&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Gosh, there really is quite a lot of evidence contradicting your article isn't there? Pity you didn't read it before writing it. Too late now I suppose.

Then read this:

http://annebonnar.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/why-economic-impact-is-not-enough-for-the-edinburgh-festivals/

Then read this:

http://www.chichester.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4975

Then read this:

www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/arts/documents/Evaluation_of_the_Summer_Of_Culture-_Executive_Summary_vFinal_3_with_images.pdf

Then read this:

http://www.jazzservices.org.uk/index.php/jazz-services-resources-reports/item/210

Then read this:

www.dlwp.com/documents/DeLaWarrPavilionEconomicImpactEvaluation_p3-8_PlusCover.pdf

Sorry to embarrass you, but there still a bit more....

There's this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CGIQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sonjafoss.com%2Fhtml%2FFoss34.pdf&ei=tL-fUaKyDonD0QWgxYGgCA&usg=AFQjCNFnMsOMnbHjr2oS_o0mHXtjTu-H5w&sig2=AthVXWDUlAQKKBGDE6qQRA&bvm=bv.47008514,d.d2k

Then there's this:

http://artsdevelopmentuk.org/2013/01/economic-impact-study-from-milton-keynes/

Then this:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=37&cad=rja&ved=0CFoQFjAGOB4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shetlandarts.org%2Fimages%2F2009%2F06%2FSocial-and-Economic-Impact-Assesment-of-Shetland-Music-2003.pdf&ei=lWefUfjzN8LG7AbqxoFI&usg=AFQjCNHBMgaKWrGJLboJYqVnICfvf5MjDg&sig2=gboHpIhhd4dO8y4L89rkBw&bvm=bv.47008514,d.ZGU

And this:

http://www.eventsandfestivalsresearch.com/researchers-undertake-uk-economic-impact-study.html

And finally this:

http://www.impact.arts.gla.ac.uk/

Then, when you've ploughed your way through that lot, your homework is to write an essay about how successfully unfettered market forces served the people of this country in 2008.

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