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LORD JACOB ROTHSCHILD is the latest and perhaps most unlikely figure to have been bowled over by his tour of Glasgow, hosted by the woman who runs the largest culture and leisure department in the UK. The fourth Baron Rothschild, head of the English branch of the banking family and former chairman of the National Gallery in London, is one of the great and good in the arts world who make their way to Bridget McConnell's door.
The perceived crisis in culture and a clash of wills over how much say local councils should have over national arts policy has turned a new spotlight on the role of McConnell. Some critics have even suggested that it is she, and not Frank McAveety, who is Scotland's real arts minister.See the full content of this document
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Is Bridget Mcconnell Really Scotland's Arts Minister?
McAveety, whose tenure has been blighted by a series of gaffes, also has had the onerous demands of tourism and sport to contend with, while McConnell has an impressive 20-year track record as an arts professional. It would be inconceivable that her husband - Jack McConnell, the First Minister - did not canvas her views across the breakfast or dinner table on matters of cultural significance.
McConnell is enormously sensi...See the full content of this document
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