Today’s examples are university grants, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). In my view AHRC should be cut immediately by any sane government.
It is responsible for wasting colossal sums on the likes of The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945-2000, an £840k study that is still ongoing!
AHRC falls under the remit of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a quango that was awarded £8,811 million by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology between 2025-26.
AHRC, in turn, received £70 million from that budget. Below you can get a good idea of how it’s been spending taxpayers’ money…
