Jackie Danicki

The Sunday Times is on fire with provocative writing this week. George Walden’s piece on charging for museum entry is excellent. Money quote:

The strongest argument for charges is that it enables people like me to sponge off taxpayers poorer than myself and to walk into museums without the hassle of a ticket. The strongest case against is the intolerable self-righteousness of the free-entryists. As with the ripped-off Japanese, I suspect there is an element of compensation here. We may be unable to improve the squalid lives of the biggest, poorest, worst-educated, drunkest and druggiest underclass in Europe, but never mind. If we can’t teach them to write or add up well enough to hold down a job, at least we can enjoy playing Marie Antoinette and inviting them to eat cultural cake at public expense.

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