More culture clashes

Culture Secretary Chris Smith has a neat way of fighting the flack. Answering the inevitable claims by the tabloid press that he’s wasting tax-payers’ money on CDT Design’s identity for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, he told attendees at a Central London Partnership session this week, ‘If I’m criticised by The Sun and praised by Design Week, I think I’m doing the right thing.’ Thanks for the plug, Chris.