Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel Jones is a researcher at Demos. His research interests include culture and the arts, museums and galleries, creativity and the communication of ideas and knowledge through the cultural sector. In particular, he is interested in cross-cultural communications and the role of culture in international relations. In other work, he has focused on Global English and conversations. Recently, he has undertaken research in both the US and China.
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- Whipping up a perfect storm... Last year’s Demos report A Perfect Storm? predicted that there would be widespread cases of local authorities cutting back their cultural provision. Since then, Wandsworth has threatened to close Battersea Arts Centre and Walthamstow Museum, the William Morris Museum in Waltham Forest is under threat, Bolton is selling assets, and Southampton is discussing closing part of its museum service. from : samjones 6th March 2007
- New Statesman - Local heroes With new cuts to arts funding, small theatres will be the first to suffer ... but their importance to communities has never been greater. from : samjones 19th April 2007
- Arts funding fears as local authorities receive worst settlement in a decade Local government theatre funding is facing severe cuts after councils across the country complained they have received their worst treasury settlement in a decade. from : samjones 1st November 2007
- The Grim Reap of Arts Cuts 'Nearly 200 arts organisations in England have been told that their funding will end from next April in the biggest and most bloody cull since the Arts Council was set up more than 50 years ago' from : samjones 17th December 2007