Any government that really believed in "levelling up" would increase access to and funding of the arts. It's one of the ways in which social equality and a coherent, healthy, integrated culture is achieved.

This regime is doing the exact opposite. But then, as some of you who follow my account will know, I've long believed the phrase "levelling up" to be a sly joke.

"Levelling up" can be translated into German as "Gleichschaltung" - which much more accurately describes what they are about.