Listen "RSA Chairman’s Lecture 2016"
Episode Synopsis
Ed Vaizey MP offers six lessons from six years as arts minister, and addresses future challenges and opportunities for cultural policy, and the role of the arts in society. Ed Vaizey was the UK’s longest serving culture minister, serving from 2010-2016 in senior government roles encompassing culture, communications and the digital economy. He remains a vocal champion for the UK’s arts and cultural industries. In the RSA Chairman’s lecture 2016, he reflects on his term of office and the lessons learned, and addresses the future challenges and opportunities for the sector and for policymakers, including funding the arts, the opportunities provided by technology, the role of the arts in society, diversity, education and the regions.
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