Suggestions that the arts are in crisis are almost laughable, according to Maria Miller, the culture secretary, who says she is frustrated by the arts world's apparent "perpetual gloom".
Claims of arts crisis 'almost laughable', says Maria Miller
The Guardian,
21 June 2013, England
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