Thinking – François Matarasso

A question of identity

Like most people with a mixed heritage, I expect, I’ve had to think a good deal about identity—my own and

In the fourth episode of our monthly podcast Arlene Goldbard and I talk about how community art is funded in

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

Since the pandemic, and this lockdown life, I’ve been asked to speak in many webinars, for a wide range of

This photo was taken in Vienna, after a long and fascinating walk around Rotes Wien, the living fabric of 20th

This is the third in a series about how arts and cultural institutions have responded to the pandemic. It draws

A few months ago, I had a call from Mohan Rana. His calls tend to come out of the blue:

The days grow longer for smaller prizes I feel a stranger to all surprises You can have them I don’t

Here are the notes I prepared to speak at this morning’s meeting of What’s Next UK Preliminary No criticism: this

The lockdowns and physical distancing measures introduced to contain the spread of Covid 19 have had a devastating impact on