Monthly Archives: September 2018

The India Club, 143-145 The Strand – Asset Community Value Application

September 23, 2018 – 4:59 PM

The owners of the freehold of the India Club are at it again and have resubmitted another planning application for a “Boutique Hotel” Wikipedia sums up “Boutique” as: A boutique is “a small store that sells stylish clothing, jewelry, or other usually luxury goods. The term “boutique” and also “designer” refer (with some differences) to […]

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Structure before strategy is not the way to avoid executive stress – SNAFU 1991

September 21, 2018 – 9:37 PM

The Richard Wilding Supporting the Arts: Review of the Structure of Arts Funding in 1989, drew attention to the basic structural weaknesses and the need for the Arts Council to take on a more strategic approach. On the 16th October 1990  the Arts Council announced at a consultative seminar on the reform of the arts funding […]

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National Arts and Media Strategy 1992 – Flawed, but the Arts Council had a go

September 21, 2018 – 9:03 PM

In 1992 the Arts Council published a National Arts and Media Strategy. The whole process was flawed from the start as the Arts Council had restructured first and then tried to concoct a policy to fit the structure. Regrettably life does not work like that strategy comes first and structure to expedite the strategy comes […]

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