There's a mantle to be taken up and it needs doing now, while there are still fishermen putting out to sea in the morning.

It's a two-point agenda. No. 1 is Rochester is a city that has really serious needs. And No. 2 is here's what the aid looks like to other cities.

couldn't get cultural needs met.

He's due to pay us a visit in the spring.

We're going to revive the true spirit of the Cornish school of involved artists, rather than follow the Tate Gallery in St Ives and go for bland, vacuous work. Art can make the point rather than turning out pretty pictures. We have a powerful way of showing tourists what's really going on here.

It has not been given adequate funding. It lacks all of the tools it needs, so this is an effort to revive this program.