Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: The domination of our culture by the privately educated in one statistic. In the last ...
The domination of our culture by the privately educated in one statistic.
In the last decade 40% of all UK nominates for the Oscars, the BAFTAs & the Mercury prize were educated at private schools, who (just to remind you) accunt for around 6% of all pupils in the UK.
This is what happens when the arts are defunded & only those with rich parents can easily follow a career in culture.
Yet one moe aspect of the Tories class warfare!
#classwar #Tories #culture
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/10/uk-award-nominees-privately-educated-labour-analysis
In the last decade 40% of all UK nominates for the Oscars, the BAFTAs & the Mercury prize were educated at private schools, who (just to remind you) accunt for around 6% of all pupils in the UK.
This is what happens when the arts are defunded & only those with rich parents can easily follow a career in culture.
Yet one moe aspect of the Tories class warfare!
#classwar #Tories #culture
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/10/uk-award-nominees-privately-educated-labour-analysis