Wildewire

The problem with "not wanting to lead" as I wrote a couple of months ago is when nobody else steps up to the plate and nothing happens. The HUGE project about which I've been obsessing since early 2010 took a step towards actually happening last month when an offer was made for the building I'd identified as a potential development centre for minority arts in Newcastle and the North East by a property developer I'd been wooing for a couple of years. The building has been on the market since 2008 when it was priced at £1.3m, the final asking price was £380,000. Far from delight at being able to bag such a bargain, the funder who has had £5m "ring-fenced" for the development of Black and Asian theatre for about ten years ridiculed the notion of establishing an arts centre for the low price of £750,000 I suggested. Their "officers" have carefully avoided opportunities to actually venture inside the building to see for themselves that althoug...