Angus Kennedy is head of external relations at the Institute of Ideas and founder of its educational initiative, The Academy. He has a degree in Classics from Christ Church and lives in Sussex.
"Arts administrators everywhere, and everyone at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, should have the courage to read this wise and monitory book and take on board seriously what Kennedy has to say..." -- Geoff Ward Allvoices "Throughout this book Angus Kennedy... carefully diagnoses the flaws of contemporary British culture." -- Donald Lee The Art Newspaper "There is much to be commended in Kennedy's Leavisite belief in the morality of art, and this book will certainly have its acolytes - not least for its uncompromising stance." -- Toby Lichtig Times Literary Supplement "Being Cultured is a strongly argued and clear account of what culture is, why it matters and why it is now under threat. Angus Kennedy lays bare the connection between culture and discrimination, in ways that leave the cultural shibboleths of our time in ruins. This is a book that ought to be read by all students of the humanities as well as the politicians, bureaucrats and impresarios who are responsible for cultural policy and who seem to have lost all sense of why and how there could be such a thing or what would be achieved by it." -- Roger Scruton "...Being Cultured is in large part necessary and heartening. Readers will find themselves in agreement with many of Kennedy's conclusions..." -- Alexander Adams The Jackdaw "Angus Kennedy has produced a gentle guide to many of the key issues in aesthetics..." -- Martin Cohen The Philosopher "This inspiring new book makes the case for discrimination as the basis of culture." -- Michael Savage Grumpy Art Historian
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