Cronyism and Creative Scotland
The illiberalism and cronyism of government-funded Creative Scotland has been an open secret for years, but 'literature officer' Dr Alice Tarbuck's deliberate effort to damage @msjlindsay's career (detailed below) shocks even me.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 1, 2024
Article✍️ @euanmccolm.https://t.co/SEkBOWIqEM
It's not often in publishing you see a take-down as blistering/well-deserved as this. What a zinger! 😬 "One novelist friend asked me whether Tarbuck was stupid or sadistic to which my reply was that she appears to be both." @CreativeScots @atarbuck Story: https://t.co/xaJC22nTqh pic.twitter.com/rUgLsPHX7j
— Jane, Empress of the Known Universe (not GP)🏳️🌈 (@blablafishcakes) September 1, 2024
What a powerful, no-nonsense comment piece in The Scotsman from Euan McColm - who argues that Creative Scotland should be 'cancelled' because the organisation is not fit for purpose.
"The scandals swirling around Creative Scotland are many and bleak. The cumulative effect should be the humiliation of those senior executives who protected their six-figure pay and pension packages, while ignoring their responsibilities to the public purse, and then cut funding for new artists."
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