Naomi Klein: Thin-skinned Baillie Gifford has put arts festivals in jeopardy baillie gifford Bestselling writer Naomi Klein has called Baillie Gifford “thin-skinned” for putting literary festivals in jeopardy, as she defended her decision to support Fossil Free Books’ campaign against the investment manager.
Baillie Gifford sponsorship row reflects the sorry state of the arts Alys Denby Book festivals have come under pressure to refuse funding from Baillie Gifford.
Eco activists calling for literature festival boycotts should read a book Alys Denby Writers signing a letter calling on book festival sponsor Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuels exhibit a lazy habit of mind that has no place in literature, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment. Only an autocracy would demand that all its creative output mindlessly cohered to the values of the regime. [...]