Getting to the Heart of Britain's 'Classical Music Is Elitist' Class Divide
"Notions of what culture is remain fundamentally split between what we persist in regarding as high and low art. When we talk about a cultured person, it's clear we're also making an inference based on class. To use Tony Harrison's words: Poetry's the speech of kings. You're one of those / Shakespeare gives comic bits to: prose!" The Guardian (UK) 08/27/10

Posted August 27, 2010 06:58 AM