440 artists and writers call on MSPs to kill off Creative Scotland

Among the more well-known signatories to the letter are the writers Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh, visual artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Matt Hulse, and Alison Peebles.

More than 400 artists, writers, and producers have signed a letter to MSPs urging them to vote down the next attempt to establish Creative Scotland, the merger between the nation's main cultural bodies, the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen.