Utilitarianism in Victorian England was often misconstructed as essentially anti-art, indeed as the doctrine of cultural philistines. |
The philistines may have triumphed on the streets of the 2008 Capital of Culture, but surely the galleries were unconquered? |
There are some philistines out there who claim that all of Jack and Meg's records sound the same. |
Let us hope when it is illuminated that at least some of the philistines might see what the fuss is about. |
Oh yes, they were hopeless philistines, little better than savages actually. |
They can be seen as potential development land by philistines who only see land as money waiting to happen. |