Prisoners of Love, Amateurs and Professionals (Old Words #3)
This essay is a slightly revised version of a chapter in Where We Dream, West Bromwich Operatic Society and the
Category: Regular Marvels
Blinkered by my privilege
For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is
Trusting the process, again
In January 2021, for the first time in my life, I wrote a long, detailed outline for a community art
Art and love
Last night, in an effort to arrest a rapidly-rising Covid-19 infection rate, France returned to a strict lockdown. Until at
Returning to Regular Marvels
Ten years ago, I made a website called, Regular Marvels, to support what became a series of five creative projects,
Making ‘arts engagement’ a reality
English arts policy has been preoccupied recently with how to increase people’s engagement in the arts. Since most people already
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