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Arts crisis? What crisis?

As head of Scotland’s most powerful arts organisation, Andrew Dixon could have been forgiven for surveying the cultural landscape last week and shaking his head in despair.

A dark cloud has descended over the arts in Scotland.

The heads of both Scottish Ballet and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ashley Page and Simon Woods, announced they were leaving the highly successful companies.