Florence McCrae

Literary Editor for Leaders of Great Britain

Florence McRae is responsible for all of the Leaders Council’s cultural content. She writes a weekly Long Read article which is published every Sunday. Topics have included The Turner Prize and The Pulitzer Prize.

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FEATURES | Published June 17th 2020, 10:10 am

Man of the match: 1.3 million children able to claim free school meals thanks to Rashford

Some 1.3 million children will now be able to claim free school meals thanks to the work of Manchester United forward, Marcus Rashford.

FEATURES | Published June 16th 2020, 10:10 am

Main tenet: Nolan’s release date pushed back

The release of one of the summer’s most anticipated films, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, has been pushed back to 31 July as a result of the global pandemic. The $200 million film was, according to the New York Times, intended to “jump-start the pandemic-stricken movie business.”

FEATURES | Published June 16th 2020, 10:10 am

Alan Bennett talks Talking Heads

When Alan Bennett first performed his Talking Heads monologue, he forgot his lines three times. Accordingly, the writer lost any and all desire to perform, and maintaining his position behind the camera, where he is able to write instead.

FEATURES | Published June 16th 2020, 9:09 am

Over half a million job losses during lockdown

More than half a million workers in the UK have lost their jobs during the past 13 weeks of lockdown, the ONS has revealed.

FEATURES | Published June 15th 2020, 10:10 am

Silicon Valley of the North: Preston unveils his masterplan

Andy Preston makes his new business venture seem positively vampiric in character. At the February launch of what has been formally referred to as a “stunning digital skyscraper” he said, “we are going to suck some of your business out of your cities to us.”

FEATURES | Published June 15th 2020, 10:10 am

Watts the future: Small museums consider reopening

One would hardly expect former president Barack Obama to have links with Guildford’s Watts Gallery. Yet the former was inspired by the collection of the latter to enter politics, and ultimately to take up the most powerful office in the world.

FEATURES | Published June 15th 2020, 9:09 am

Queue to be kind: Shops reopen in England

Shops in England have reopened for the first time since the 23 March lockdown and have been met with significant queues from members of the public.

FEATURES | Published June 14th 2020, 1:01 pm

Long Read – Don’t let them Dowden: Culture Secretary needs a miracle, not a taskforce

For the more conventional among us, Valentine’s day brings embarrassingly large bouquets, overpriced meals for two, and strangely shaped chocolates. For Oliver Dowden, it brought a new position in the cabinet – culture secretary for the country of Shakespeare and Byron, Harry Styles and Gilbert and George.

FEATURES | Published June 14th 2020, 11:11 am

Fake it until you make it: Professor sentenced for archaeological forgeries

It seems that Eliseo Gil took the phrase “fake it until you make it” a little too literally, as it has been revealed the archaeologist forged almost ten per cent of his finds.

FEATURES | Published June 14th 2020, 11:11 am

Way to Gogh: Amsterdam museum reopens

When Emilie Gordenker took over the Van Gogh museum in February, she did not expect her tenure to begin with months of closure. Yet it is only now that the museum welcomes it first visitors, almost three months since lockdown began.

FEATURES | Published June 13th 2020, 11:11 am

Keep your Whitney about you: Warren Kanders sells off tear gas division of Safariland

Having been removed from the board of the Whitney last year due to his involvement in the sale of tear gas, Warren Kanders has announced that Safariland will sell off their crowd-control products divisions.

FEATURES | Published June 13th 2020, 11:11 am

Chatsworth it: Covid-19 threatens historic houses

In any given year, Chatsworth house would welcome some 600,000 visitors through its doors. Now, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the house is empty aside from the Devonshires who are isolating there.

FEATURES | Published June 13th 2020, 10:10 am

Baroque and roll: Orchestras issue plea for government support

Conductors across the UK have warned that orchestras may be one of the many fatalities of Covid-19. Sir Simon Rattle and Sir Mark Elder have co-authored a letter in which they note that UK musicians feel they have been left “out in the wilderness” with no clear indication from the government as to how and when they can return to performing.

FEATURES | Published June 12th 2020, 12:12 pm

Playing to the gallery: Jonathan Jones bemoans digital museums

There are only so many digital Rembrandts an art aficionado can take. At least, so says Jonathan Jones of The Guardian in his latest piece examining the reopening of various galleries across the capital.

FEATURES | Published June 12th 2020, 11:11 am

MoCA issues public apology to Shaun Leonardo following show cancellation

At the beginning of the year, Shaun Leonardo, expected to open his show “The Breath of Empty Space” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. However, the museum made the decision to cancel to show in March following objections from the community and members of museum staff, a decision they have now announced they regret.


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