The Guardian view on excellence in the arts: not about elites | Editorial
It is refreshing to hear new ideas, but dividing culture into the best and the rest won't do anyone any good The arts have taken such a battering in the UK over the last decade that they sometimes seem like an old ship holed beneath the waterline, with an orchestra valiantly continuing to play on deck. Nobody really knows what to do apart from bailing out water, firing occasional SOS flares and trying to keep the mus…