The Long View | An Unfit Arts Council
Andrew Mellor
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
ACE’s counterproductive funding decisions prove the organisation has lost all sense of purpose and mission
![Jennifer France and Frederick Ballentine perform in English National Opera's production of It’s a Wonderful Life. The ENO is one of the organisations hardest hit by ACE's new funding decisions. © English National Opera/Lloyd Winters](/media/229693/eno-22-23-it-s-a-wonderful-life-jennifer-france-frederick-ballentine-lloyd-winters.jpg?&width=780&quality=60)
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