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• At 2004.09.23 23:22, Rob said:
  

  “new tentative arts policy”: All mime artists will be hit with sticks? Go on. You know you want to.

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• At 2004.09.24 10:11, Alistair Coleman said:
  

  Not just hit with sticks, but hung upside-down in a cell opposite a sign reading “LEARN THE WORDS”.

  Thank you, Terry Pratchett.

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• At 2004.09.24 10:18, Vanessa J. Howson said:
  

  Dear Mr Johnston,
  I do hope that with your arts policy you will get rid of the horrible word

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• At 2004.09.24 13:11, Nosemonkey said:
  

  In addition to Vanessa’s points (well made – especially old buildings – English Heritage needs more funding to help protect these things, along with a major overhaul of its atrotious organisational structure), how about a truly radical move — keep politicians out of the decisions of what art and heritage projects to fund, just set aside a decent amount of money, and allow an independent panel of experts to portion it out. —- Oh, and scrap all VAT on museums, galleries, arts centres and the rest, there’s a good chap…

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