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  • Shhh! A Narrative History of Secrecy

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on January 21, 2019April 20, 2019

    Secrets have never been more suspect. Post Snowden, post Saville, post the Catholic Church abuse scandal, institutions which keep secrets are automatically seen as having something to hide, and openness and transparency are seen as the new imperatives. Any deviation from the new orthodoxy of honesty is punished – by exposure. But the story of secrecy is not as black and white as our contemporary prejudices would have it. For centuries secrecy has been seen to serve a useful purpose. It has protected citizens from the prying eyes of governments, it has protected the feelings of individuals and kept couples together. Have we lost more than we have gained by abandoning our respect for the power and sanctity of secrecy? Tiffany Jenkins presents a history of secrecy driven by a thesis which challenges the conventional wisdom of the moment.

    arts comment, Broadcasting, secrecy
  • Great collectors used to have great taste. Now they simply show off their wealth

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on November 23, 2018January 17, 2019

    Article published in The Observer on the Leonardo and contemporary collecting. If you walk around Mayfair or Manhattan at twilight and look up, you could glimpse a Damien Hirst spot painting through an apartment window. The simple …

    arts comment
  • Judgement At Last, Four Thought, Radio 4

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on December 20, 2014February 21, 2015

    In this programme for Four Thought on Radio 4, I argue that we need more judgement about quality in art, culture and life. Judgement about quality is unfashionable in today’s art world, and this is …

    arts comment, Broadcasting
  • Mourning in America

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on August 27, 2010October 10, 2010

    Article in the Spectator New York is in the grip of memorial mania In early 1991, the construction of a federal office building in lower Manhattan was halted after an unexpected discovery. Underneath the ground, …

    arts comment, Culture of death, journalism
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