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"Arts and Minds - Journals of an Arts Addict 2007-13 " Accounts of People, Performances, Politics, Personalities, Gossip from an Eye Witness of the time.

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Sixty years in journalism, broadcasting , arts leadership. Author of books on arts policy, creativity, innovation. Presenter BBC 2 "Newsnight" 1980-86, Managing Director BBC World Service 1986-92, Managing Director Barbican Centre 1995-2007.