Louise Jury has been the Chief Arts Correspondent of the Standard since the spring after doing the job with a slightly less grand title on another paper for many years. She thinks it is one of the best jobs in the world though would probably actually do the things she writes about if she had the talent. In earlier years, she acted on the Edinburgh Fringe, played the piano, cello and guitar and painted a lot before accepting these were unlikely to prove ways of earning a living.