Culture matters around the world. What a shame it has been toxically weaponised in the UK | Charlotte Higgins
There are so many examples of the arts being used to unite and galvanise people. Here it is being deployed as a tool of division For most of my 25 years as a journalist, "the arts" have usually been seen as a calming antidote to life's harsher moments. In newspapers and on websites, culture often functions as a way to introduce visual interest to " and tonal relief from " the parade of awfulness we know as "the news"…