New Culture Forum
New Culture Forum, 55 Tufton Street, London SW1 - shared with Civitas and next door to the Centre for Policy Studies
The New Culture Forum is a right wing think tank aiming to change contemporary cultural debates which they argue are wrongly dominated by "the left". In their own words "If the right won the economic argument, in Culture Wars the left dominates. The New Culture Forum has been created to challenge the dogma and relativism of the establishment and redefine the parameters of the cultural and political debate"[1].
In a March 2009 presentation Tim Montgomerie and Matthew Elliott described the New Culture Forum as part of the infrastructure of the conservative movement in Britain.[2]
People
The main people at the forum are as follows[3]:
- Peter Whittle - Founder and Director, also the UKIP group leader London Assembly and UKIP culture spokesman.
- Dawn Steeves - Secretary
- Marc Sidwell - Research Fellow
- Dominic Hilton - Research Fellow
- Elizabeth Drury - Head of Press
Advisory Committee
- Anthony Browne Chief Political Correspondent, The Times
- Matthew Elliott Chief Executive, Taxpayers' Alliance
- Michael Gove MP
- Susan Shaw Senior Producer, The South Bank Show, ITV
- Ruth Dudley Edwards historian and journalist
- Michael Mosbacher Director, The Social Affairs Unit
- Tim Montgomerie Editor, Conservativehome.com
- Daniel Johnson author and journalist.
- Philip Hendren technologist and political blogger
- Alan Bekhor Managing Director, Ocean Bulk Carrier Ltd
- Tony Pontone, Director, The Albemarle Gallery
Speakers
Speakers at New Culture Forum events have included [4]
- Robin Aitken, author of Can We Trust the BBC?
- Richard Bean, playwright
- Chris Campbell, Literary manager, the National Theatre
- Hugh Canning, Sunday Times opera critic
- Natalie Clein, cellist
- David Cox, TV producer
- James Delingpole, author and journalist
- Spencer Drury
- Michael Gove MP
- Sir Andrew Green, Chairman, Migration Watch
- Sue Gyde
- Stephen Hough, pianist
- Roger Kimball, founder, The New Criterion
- Ray Lewis, head of the East London Leadership Academy
- Minette Marrin, Sunday Times columnist
- Douglas Murray, Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion
- Richard D North, author and broadcaster
- Melanie Phillips, author and journalist
- Shelley Silas, playwright
- Stephan Shakespeare, Founder, YouGov
- Anthony Seldon, educationalist and author
- Petroc Trelawny, Radio 3
- Roger Wright, Director of the BBC Proms
Contact
- Website www.newcultureforum.org.uk
Notes
- ↑ The New Culture Forum, Our Aims, Accessed 23-April-2009
- ↑ Tim Montgomerie, The growth of Britain's conservative movement, ConservativeHome, 14 March 2009.
- ↑ The New Culture Forum,Who We Are?, Accessed 23-April-2009
- ↑ The New Culture Forum, Speakers, Accessed 23-April-2009
