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The New Culture Forum is a centre right think tank based in the United Kingdom. It was founded in June 2006 by journalist and author Peter Whittle, its specific aim (as described on the NCF website) is to "challenge the dogma and relativism of the establishment and redefine the terms of the cultural and political debate." [1][2]
The NCF has hosted a number of notable speakers including journalist and author Melanie Phillips, fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, the Secretary for culture, media and sport Jeremy Hunt and the French Philosopher Pascal Bruckner.
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Formed in 2006 by Peter Whittle (also its Director), the New Culture Forum set about becoming Britain's first right-wing think tank to deal primarily in cultural matters. In 2009 it published a report criticising the out put and overall management of the Arts Council, authored by one of its Research Fellows, Marc Sidwell, titled "Arts Council: Managed to Death", the report drew a mixture of admiration and criticism from the British cultural elite. Also in 2009 the NCF along with the Social Affairs Unit jointly published "Private Views: Voices from the Front Line of British Culture", a collection of seventeen interviews (all conducted by Peter Whittle) with contemporary cultural figures such as the Editor of Standpoint Daniel Johnson and the comedian Reginald D. Hunter.
People
- Peter Whittle (Founder and Director)
- Dawn Steeves (Secretary)
- Marc Sidwell (Research Fellow)
- Dominic Hilton (Research Fellow)
- Elizabeth Drury (Head of Press)
- Valentine Rossetti (Head of Web Operations)
Advisory Committee
- Patrick Barbour
- Alan Bekhor
- Anthony Browne
- Ruth Dudley Edwards
- Matthew Elliott
- Robert Grant
- Philip Hendren
- Donald Khan OBE
- Judith Knight
- Michael Mosbacher
- Tony Pontone
- Judith Studzinski
References
- ^ "Our Aims". The New Culture Forum. 2010-05-23. http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/home/?q=node/3. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ "New Culture Forum". SourceWatch. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=New_Culture_Forum. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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