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"With the passing of Omar Sharif, one of the quintessential masculine stars of the 1960s, has now gone. In a very different mould to say Connery as James Bond, Sharif encapsulated the masculinity of the exotic: dark, mysterious, with watery come-to-bed eyes and definitely dangerous to know. In Lawrence of Arabia, he was pitted against another of cinema's masculine archetypes - the pent up, dashing British gentleman in Peter O'Toole in the title role." - Says Professor Stella Bruzzi

Dr Charlotte Woodhead specialises in the laws surrounding repatriation and restitution from museum collections and is a member of the Museum Associations Ethics Committee. She gave her thoughts on the Elgin Marbles being on loan to Russia.

Associate Professor of Cultural Policy Dr shares her thoughts on the public value of culture:

Readers even vaguely acquainted with my academic work (or, for that matter, my Twitter feed) will know how critical I have always been of the impact rhetoric, and the related ‘toolkit fever’, when they have been used as a way to justify subsidy rather than as an effort to understand the nature and potential effect of artistic experiences. I very much stand by my earlier criticism of the limitation of much economic impact figures and the methods through which they are obtained. This does not mean that it is not desirable to try and find better ways to understand the economic dimension of activities such as creating and consuming culture. However, it is a narrow view one that only sees them as such...