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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
For the sake of our cultural life, politicians like Bradshaw and Johnson should leave political drama to the arts Art and politics have always been, and always will be, locked in a complicated and often uncomfortable dance, from Velázquez's double-edged depiction of Pope Innocent X to Mark Wallinger's Turner prize-winning State Britain – a meticulous recreation of Brian Haw's Parliament...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Culture secretary disagrees with PM's decision not to promise a referendum on electoral reform on general election day but believes policy is not yet 'set in stone' What is it about referendums? In the Conservative party they're still arguing about having one on the Libson treaty. In the Labour party, on the other hand, Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, has just reopened a row about holding...
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Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Campaigners pressing for a vote on electoral reform have welcomed news from Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw that “it would be a missed opportunity not to have a referendum on Election Day.” In an interview with the New Statesman the Bradshaw broke with the government’s stated policy of pushing talk of a referendum into the next parliament. Bradshaw said “if we’re serious about the...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The government could hold a referendum on electoral reform on the same day as the next general election, Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw says.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Culture secretary warns of threat to arts sector's independence and encroaching influence of Rupert Murdoch Britain's cultural leaders are sleepwalking into a Conservative election victory that will threaten the BBC's independence and the funding of controversial political plays such as Enron, the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, has warned. In a speech to a Labour audience, he said Tory culture...
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timrollpickering (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Whilst glancing through Facebook today I noticed the following on Ben Bradshaw's profile : Relationship Status: Married Now I'm trying to understand how this can be given that the law at present doesn't allow same sex couples to marry (and the Cabinet, which Ben Bradshaw is a member of, has shown no sign of legislating for equality on this). So does this mean: Ben Bradshaw is pretending...
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Nader Fekri's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today in 1895, while experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the X-ray. Earlier this week, a public poll for the Science Museum voted the X-ray machine as the best invention, ahead of the Apollo 10 space capsule and Stephenson's Rocket. I have to agree with Ben Bradshaw that the public's choice of the X-ray machine is testament to our "insatiable curiosity to find...
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media matters (or does it?) (Free subscription) | yesterday
I suppose I’m getting to the stage in my life where I might be considered cynical certainly when the subject of politicians comes up but I must say I thought Ben Bradshaw MP and Minister of State with respect to the DCMS gave a pretty good performance in front of the VOLaV last week. Brasdshaw made clear that he thought the BBC was far safer with Labour in power than with what appears...
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Lynne Featherstone's Parliament and Haringey diary (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Well - as predicted - I failed to win Politician of the Year at the Stonewall Awards last night. Ben Bradshaw (Labour Minister) won the accolade as the first openly gay Minister. I think, judging from the blurb in the program - that I was nominated because of my work both on the Equality Bill [...]
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The Stage (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has proposed reclassifying production companies owned by Channel 3 licence holders, such as STV and UTV, as independent producers, in a bid to stimulate production throughout the UK.
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SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
There seem to be a lot of referendums around at the moment. David Cameron this week announced he would hold a referendum on anything that moves in Europe, Ben Bradshaw believes not having a referendum on electoral reform would be a "missed opportunity" and there have been a few referendums on gay marriage in the USA (with an unfortunate but wholly expected result in Maine). But it...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Not so fast, says the Secretary of State for Culture, Ben Bradshaw. This happens to be the same Veronica Wadley whose paper supported Johnson for the post of mayor and campaigned against Ken Livingstone. In other words, Bradshaw sees this as Johnson rewarding Wadley for her support. Bradshaw then exercises his power of veto over the appointment (his right), and his view is shared...
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Britain's culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, "said Tory culture policy was totally aligned with the commercial interests of Rupert Murdoch's News International and predicted the central tenet of British cultural policy - the arm's length relationship between the arts and government - is about to be swept away."...
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QueerSighted (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
News - I was at the Stonewall Awards 2009 and I'm still a little fuzzy headed from the free flowing champagne. The Victoria and Albert Museum was at its glorious best, illuminated in pink and filled with beautiful besuited people. Stonewall director Ben Summerskill introduced this year's awards and stood by to read out the nominations (like the voice over guy, only visible). He was subjected to a barrage...
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New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
An interview with the Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw
