I was appalled at the idea anybody would withdraw funding from such a valuable project. Closing it would bring harm to the whole community, so why do it?

History is contemporary. Your understanding of history confirms what you think of the present. It’s not neutral. I would be very surprised if people with a different view of the present, don’t take issue with...

As sure as the tide comes in, communities will integrate. It is only propaganda that will stop it.

It will stand or fall on the quality of the writers. They need a team of directors and writers with a shared aesthetic and a coherent outlook, who won’t be dominated by executives and commissioning...