Lord Evans Calls for a Culture of Trust.

In his New Statesman Arts Lecture, Lord Evans, Chair of Resource: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, decried central government as "too heavy handed […] the demand for accountability has spawned a stifling undergrowth of targets, measures and inspection [….] the sector is grossly over-regulated, inhibiting the very creativity and innovation for which it should be known."….. "As Christopher Frayling once put it: excess accountability is like pulling a plant out of its pot every day to check its roots and then being surprised when it withers and dies." Full text of Lord Evans' lecture can be found on the Resource website click here.

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