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[Ken L]

Murder + Suicide = Merseyside !

[greg long]

You have all ready paid for it whether it appeals to you or not, at least one has the choice of whether to pay and watch a pack of over paid ball kickers or not.

 

The funding is via "Arts Council England" which means large lumps of lottery money (which could be better used) and other forms of grants from UK or EU end of the day the money comes under heading "TAXES" wasted again

 

While I understand the sentiments Ken, the average % spend on the arts is minimal compared to the amount wasted on other things, (including Iraq and Afganistan just to appease George Bush)..The Arts are part of Cultural heritage, and as they are not 'needed' or a basic need at least they rely on either grant aid or private sponsorship. Just as they always have right back to the Renaisance period and beyond....look at the Roman statues (BC.) erected with public monies, the surviving mosaics etc.

I may be a little skewed being a working Artist myself, although you don't pay anything towards my costs as I'm across the pond, but in these days of consumerism and loss of community, art is one of the few things that still try to engender a community spirit and levelling of class barriers, it is also crosses all social and cultural boundaries. If you lose your ARTS Britain will be a much poorer place.

[corydoras]

Corydoras, for your information i am a northerner, from Lancashire, a town called Darwen between Bolton and Blackburn and i would like you to tall me exactly what makes Liverpool stand out from other cities in the world, i bet you cannot do this without mentioning the Beetles or Lowry, who painted stick men and probably isn't that well known out of Britain. As for the Liverpool football team, thats about as liverpudlian as the spanish armada now isn't it?

Couldn't care less about the footy but i do know this.

 

Liverpool boasts more Grade I and II listed buildings than any other British city after London. It also has some of the finest modern architecture in Europe. Its world famous skyline, defined by the Three Graces - the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool have helped make Liverpool a World Heritage Site, joining an elite group including The Pyramids at Giza, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China.

 

And that's just for starters.

 

I'm a northerner too. I was born in Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute (Dunbartonshire when I was born).