Culture is a right, not a solution
‘This week, faith leaders, unions and others called for 2020 to be the “decade of reconciliation and reconnection”. Creating cultural
Author: Francois Matarasso
I'm a community arts worker, writer and researcher based in the UK.
Happy new year
Chaque génération, sans doute, se croit vouée à refaire le monde. La mienne sait pourtant qu’elle ne le refera pas.
Monologues above a million solitudes
The 2019 Parliamentary Election will surely be a turning point in the UK’s history, but how much has the country
'Tenderness is the most modest form of love'
Yesterday, Olga Tokarczuk gave her Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, which awarded her the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Feeling at home
The democratic urgency of dialogue in a diverse world Notes for a speech at the Nordic Dialogues conference, in Oslo (Norway) on
Don’t listen: look
People gathered at the John Pat Peace Place fire, Songs for Peace 2019. Photo: Marg Bertling (Big hART) It’s been
Up to us
Last night, I got an email from a friend asking me to support a campaign to change politics in Britain.
Instrumentalisation: a convenient mask
Originally posted on A Restless Art:
For as long as I can remember, the accusation of instrumentalising art has been flung at…
Changing the culture
My Twitter feed glows today with pictures of cultural activities and places, as people celebrate 25 years of National Lottery
People at work
A few years ago – before Brexit erased all other political conversation – Multistory worked with Magnum Photos on an
