The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

Real art vs the other stuff

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Strictly For The Birds… | Orphans of Liberty.

I recently asked why The Guardian was not more supportive of the reputation of William Shakespeare, our greatest native genius. JuliaM has hit upon the answer over at the gloomily-named GroupBlog, Orphans of Liberty. Real art, in Guardian Land, is stuff no-one wants funded by money taken by force from taxpayers. Not Shakespeare's commercial tat. I am embarrassed now to have asked such a naive question.

2 responses to “Real art vs the other stuff”

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    Moggsy

    I still think I had the main reason, but I guess there are probably more than one reason, there often is.

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    Demetrius

    On Tuesday 25 October in “Shakespeare Family And Friends” I explained many of his personal and family links that are in the records but not alas in many books about him.

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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