Engage with the arts – and put your phone away | Letters
Ian Flintoff champions live performances and Val Mainwood argues that great art should challenge us. Plus a letter from Ross Speirs on snap-happy gallery visitorsThe case that you brilliantly make...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Ian Flintoff champions live performances and Val Mainwood argues that great art should challenge us. Plus a letter from Ross Speirs on snap-happy gallery visitors The case that you brilliantly make for seeing actual paintings rather than reproductions ( Editorial, 2 November ) also goes wholeheartedly with seeing real and actual performances by live human beings rather than the two-dimensional screen reproductions which are now accepted as the norm. Humans benefit enormously from seeing live performances, and they benefit even more from taking part in them. We have the greatest theatre legacy and culture since ancient Athens. Let all witness this, but also take part. The buoyancy and creativity of our country, and therefore its true economy, will bounce like never before. Ian Flintoff Oxford Continue reading...