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He plans to move here in 2014 and no doubt find out something about Scotland.
Of course the Festival is an international one but it is also meant to present the best of Scottish culture to the world.
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Hide AdIsn’t it extraordinary that in the soon to be 70 years of the Edinburgh Festival there has never been a Scot (or a woman!) appointed?
Of course it’s not just the Festival; recently the National Theatre of Scotland passed over the most experienced and talented director in Scotland, David MacLennan, to appoint another English director to succeed the last English director.
Many other of our leading cultural organisations such as Scottish Opera and the National Galleries of Scotland are run by people from outside Scotland.
I can only conclude that the “cultural cringe” is alive and well and living in Scotland.
Hugh Kerr
Edinburgh