Ah yes, Cliveden, site of one of the Conservative party's most glorious episodes

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A good start, but not far enough - every train and bus should have a designated Volunteer Noise Enforcer who patrols the carriages and silences persistent offenders through the power of extended glaring and gradually louder coughing.

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I also remember it was meant to give money away to other people doing good work, but instead it brought everything in house and is now just ploughing on with its own work. It's so tedious when the people with the money think they are the only ones who have good ideas.

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Good point I’ve rarely seen made. Nesta was set up with a £250m endowment (1998 value) to support the arts (as well as science and tech) and it has stopped funding the arts… www.ft.com/content/b7c6...

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I see Baroness Claire Fox's "Battle of Ideas" event is on this weekend. An annual knees up for former members of the Revolutionary Communist Party... at which no battling of ideas has ever happened

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