Artwork by Margit Raczkowski
“Political parties do not give the future of the arts a prominent place in their programmes: with a handful of honourable exceptions, politicians tend to be Philistines.”
Norman St John-Stevas
18 May 1929 – 2 March 2012
Conservative Candidate for Dagenham 1951
Member of Parliament for Chelmsford 1964-1987
Member of the House of Lords 1987-2012
Under Secretary of State for Education 1972-1974
Government Spokesman for the Arts in the Commons 1972-1973
Minister for the Arts 1973-1974
Shadow Education Secretary 1974-1978
Shadow Leader of the House 1978-1979
Opposition Arts Spokesman 1974-1979
Opposition Devolution Spokesman 1978-1979
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1979-1981
Leader of the House of Commons 1979-1981
Minster for the Arts 1979-1981
Baron St John of Fawsley 1987-2012
