Rachel Cooke reviews Tate Britain's exhibition Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life; Writer Jonathan Dee discusses his latest work, A Thousand Pardons; Disco legend Giorgio Moroder in a rare interview, in which he reflects on his rise to fame and his recent comeback with Daft Punk; the pianist Mitsuko Uchida selects Piero della Francesca's Resurrection for Cultural Exchange; Peter Bowker and Patrick Spence reflect on the best and the worst notes screenwriters receive; as George Osborne announced a 7% cut in the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's budget, Janet Street-Porter, Norman Lebrecht and Richard Mantle suggest cost-saving solutions; Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste nominates Miles Davis's album Kind of Blue for Cultural Exchange.