Relieved of duty
Today, I turn sixty. Such anniversaries are foreseeable, and this one’s long presence on my personal horizon was a reason
Category: Community arts
Cultural Collaboration and Civil Society
Last year I spent some time looking at the work of Tandem, a partnership between the European Cultural Foundation and MitOst
Worlds within words
Yesterday two short conversations reminded me of the pitfalls that make words so elusive, so fascinating and so important. The
On the futility of comparing experiences
It’s a genuine shock when the soprano hits her first note. The contrast between the purity of the sound and
Mike White
The most potent contribution that this new field of arts practice can make is the revelation of just how creative
Optimism is a valuable resource
Jubilee Arts was a pioneering community arts project founded in 1974, in West Bromwich, an industrial town west of
Serious stories
‘I’m certainly not doing this for some high-flown reason. I don’t consider myself to be a reformer, and I don’t
