There is a class crisis in arts leadership in the UK and there is much ado about Meta this week.

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There is much ado about Meta this week which will leaving you wonder WTF now?! is going on at the Facebook company. But before getting into all that is happening at Meta, there is a different kind of arts leadership crisis going on in the UK that warrants exploration. In terms of Meta, a copyright and AI case it is involved in has revealed the company’s approach to permission to use copyright materials, it wants to build the longest undersea internet cable daf different kind of arts leadership crisis going on in the UK , it and Google will not be taking part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this year and it has sweetened executive remuneration packages despite culling workers.


What's been going on?

Here’s WTF happened this week:

Class is becoming a significant issue for arts leadership in the UK

TL;DR
A disproportionate number of arts leaders in the UK went to private schools and Oxford or Cambridge.