January’s winter gloom was overshadowed by issues of politics and race in the arts.
The furore around the BFI ballerina that dominated headlines throughout January now seems to have subsided. But it’s raised a few interesting points: do you care about the politics of your artists? And do members of the BNP ever go to the Ballet?
But race was never out of the news with the Big Brother “Racism Row” making and breaking the reputations of Britain and a bunch of Z-grade celebrities attempting to reignite their careers. The Big Brother racism row not only made its way to all corners of the globe as a hot topic, but it infiltrated Government and the highest echelons of Channel 4 management.
