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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NEWS | Published July 2nd 2020, 8:08 am

Cross that bridge when we come to it: Air bridges scrapped in favour of quarantine exemptions

The government is expected to abandon air bridges in favour of establishing a list of countries with quarantine exemptions for British holidaymakers.

NEWS | Published July 1st 2020, 10:10 am

Christie’s breached Hague Convention, say commission

The auction house, Christie’s, rejected calls to halt a sale of Nigerian artefacts which were looted by British troops in the 19th century.

NEWS | Published July 1st 2020, 10:10 am

It’s history: Facebook bans sale of artefacts

Facebook has announced that they will remove any content “that attempts to buy, sell or trade in historical artifacts.”

NEWS | Published July 1st 2020, 9:09 am

Call for public inquiry on government handling of Covid-19

The health service ombudsman has said that the government must set out plans for an inquiry into the way it has handled the coronavirus pandemic.

NEWS | Published June 30th 2020, 10:10 am

Live, Laugh, Louvre: gallery reopens to 80 per cent reduction in visitors

It may finally be possible to see the Mona Lisa without an abundance of selfie sticks in the way. On 6 July, Musée du Louvre in Paris is to reopen, following a 16-week closure, which has cost some €40 million.

NEWS | Published June 30th 2020, 9:09 am

Leicester is UK’s first full local lockdown

A rise in coronavirus cases has resulted in the first full local lockdown in the UK.

NEWS | Published June 30th 2020, 9:09 am

The show won’t go on: Broadway closes its doors for remainder of 2020

It has been announced that Broadway shows will not return to the stage this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NEWS | Published June 29th 2020, 10:10 am

Play on words: Giles Watling on the fight for theatres

Giles Watling has toured the country for some 55 years. In a previous life, Watling was an actor, though he is now more accustomed to the theatrics of parliament as the MP for Clacton, a role he secured in 2017.

NEWS | Published June 29th 2020, 10:10 am

Open arts: galleries consider the cost of reopening

When establishing whether or not to reopen the Wallace Collection, Xavier Bray considered the view of the founder. He notes: “I think Wallace’s first thought would have been to reopen as soon as it was possible and safe to do so. In fact, pretty much since the start of the lockdown, we’ve been preparing how to reopen.”

NEWS | Published June 29th 2020, 9:09 am

Where there’s a Sedwill, there’s a way: country’s top civil servant announces resignation

Sir Mark Sedwill, the country’s top civil servant, has announced that he will step down from his role in September.

NEWS | Published June 28th 2020, 1:01 pm

Long Read – Reduce, reuse, remake: does Talking Heads mark a sea change?

It is said there are only seven kinds of story – overcoming the monster; rags to riches; the quest; voyage and return; comedy; tragedy and rebirth. All of Western literature, from Shakespeare to Saint-Exupéry, Wilde to Wodehouse, can be boiled down to this collection of plots. Yet the number of stories than can come from this cohort is infinite.

NEWS | Published June 28th 2020, 10:10 am

Best seat in the house: Hamilton goes digital

When Lin Manuel Miranda first saw the final number of Hamilton on the big screen, he threw his shoes into the air, not perhaps the response the film’s producers had expected.

NEWS | Published June 28th 2020, 9:09 am

Long-Bailey sacked following anti-Semitism row

Sir Keir Starmer has sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey over allegations she shared an article containing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.

NEWS | Published June 27th 2020, 10:10 am

The Winds of Winter is coming, eventually

George R.R. Martin is not a fan of deadlines at the best of times. For the past 24 years he has been working on the Game of Thrones series, making slow but steady progress, and helping to create a hit HBO show in the process.

NEWS | Published June 27th 2020, 9:09 am

Beg, borrow or steal: art experts arrested over looted antiquities

A collective of the world’s most eminent museums, including the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Metropolitan Museum of art, have purchased looted Middle Eastern artefacts to the sum of tens of millions of euros.


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