Fiona Hyslop: ‘Arts are not a commodity’

Culture secretary Fiona Hyslop. Picture: Julie Bullplaceholder image
Culture secretary Fiona Hyslop. Picture: Julie Bull

SCOTLAND’S culture secretary has insisted there are huge differences between the way artists are now viewed north and south of the border, as she rejected the idea of the arts being used as a “commodity” to help boost the economy.

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