With the unrelenting march of time, I have been giving a lot of thought to what I want to do when I grow up. There is quite a list of possibilities, but I have whittled it down to three serious contenders.

First, I have long toyed with the idea of being an arts administrator — in any field really, from films and opera to dance companies and on through galleries, workshops and even into the big league of arts festivals, provided, of course, that my employer is financed with public money, or ‘funding’ as they like to call it.