The Art Newspaper (July/August) carries an interview with the great American sculptor Richard Serra. In the context of thinking here about a national cultural policy I find the following statement of Serra’s profoundly insightful: ‘I know sculpture is not going to change the world but I do think the way we understand different countries is by the expression of what arts they put forward and how we extend the definitions of boundaries, of what we consider to be relevant in terms of feeling and emotions.’