Experiences – François Matarasso

Blinkered by my privilege

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

In the new episode of A Culture of Possibility, out today, Arlene and I talk to Bill Ming, one of

In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art

Theatre faces an existential crisis: doors closed, auditoriums empty, stages silent. That much is obvious. But theatre, like all the

For the past 18 month or so, I have been working with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

A few years ago – before Brexit erased all other political conversation – Multistory worked with Magnum Photos on an

‘If education does not strengthen us, if it does not reveal us our vocation, our inner voice, and if it

Last year I spent some time looking at the work of Tandem, a partnership between the European Cultural Foundation and MitOst

It’s been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. I’ve never been convinced. Human beings are not

Yesterday two short conversations reminded me of the pitfalls that make words so elusive, so fascinating and so important. The