Arts Council chief hits back at critics
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Arts Council England's Peter Hewitt has once more defended proposed funding cuts, despite heavy assaults from all sides
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TUC president Roger Lyons says Britain's bosses, not its unions, are out of touch after  criticism from the CBI.
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The departing envoy had argued for giving locals more responsibility. Critics are pressing for a tougher approach.
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The Education Secretary Charles Clarke criticised Prince Charles as &quot;old-fashioned&quot; after he said the &quot;learning culture&quot; gave people hope beyond their capabilities.
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The head of the Church of England answers critics of a speech in which he said  it might be applicable in certain areas.
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The Children's Commissioner for Wales is criticised for his report into sex abuse allegations against the late drama teacher John Owen.
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Actors including Kevin Spacey and Sir Ian McKellen pass a motion of no confidence in Arts Council England.
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Shadow culture secretary John Whittingdale today criticised BBC director general Mark Thompson for not going far enough in his radical review of the corporation, saying the corporation had no business publishing magazines.
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Arts & entertainment: Culture secretary warns television industry against being overly 'gloomy and introspective'.
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African National Congress (ANC) head of presidency and spokesman Smuts Ngonyama has called for a code of conduct for the tripartite alliance, a move observers said could lead to a muzzling of dissent.
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Education Secretary Charles Clarke hits back at Prince Charles' comments on a schools culture that "admits no failure".
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The British art collector Charles Saatchi and the director of the Tate have sparred publicly over whether Mr. Saatchi ever offered his collection to the museum.
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London' mayor criticises footage promoting the 2012 Olympics after fears it had triggered epileptic seizures.
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Critics say the new council is not a sufficient improvement over the former, widely discredited, Human Rights Commission.
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Theater groups have been among the loudest protesters of cuts announced by Arts Council England, the government-financed body that doles out subsidies to the arts.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson used a government event Wednesday to criticize Sen. John Kerry for his recent attacks on the Bush administration's management of Medicare.
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Pop star George Michael hits back at comments made by Sir Elton John about him and his new album.