Just in: Gateshead goes for outreach queen
mainThe Sage in Gateshead tonight named its next managing director.
She is Abigail Pogson, head of Spitalfields Music in the east of London and a champion of that Arts Council mantra Learning & Participation.
She ticks the right boxes. Gateshead, in the northeast of England, needs to diversify its audience by age and origin alike.
An excellent choice. Just hope and pray that Gateshead is left with any money by the vicious Communities and Local Government department