Summary
As a paper we have taken Alun Pugh to task over his decision to pursue a questionable agenda and to sack the Arts Council of Wales chair, Geraint Talfan Davies. Many in the arts world agree with our stance. But rather than take us on over the substance of the argument, Mr Pugh called the paper's serious coverage 'a bit of a joke'. Well done Mr Pugh. When you are losing the argument in the classroom, then why not resort to calling your opposite number a nasty name in the playground?
As the Culture Minister takes such a dim view of the quality of the Western Mail, we, not unnaturally, informed him his new weekly column would be withdrawn. His predictable response to our decision to stand up to him was to call us 'censorial' and 'thin-skinned', ready to dish out stick but unwilling to take it.See the full content of this document
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Alan Edmunds, Editor of the Western Mail
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