Up to us
Last night, I got an email from a friend asking me to support a campaign to change politics in Britain.
Category: Thinking
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
None of this is easy
Originally posted on A Restless Art:
A couple of days ago, I gave a lecture about art in criminal justice contexts. It’s…
A welcome change of direction: Arts Council England’s Strategy 2020-30
Earlier this summer, Arts Council England published a ‘Draft Strategy for Consultation’. Covering the ten years from 2020 to 2030,
The tinnitus of my professional life: some thoughts about arts funding
It is really difficult to distribute money fairly and safely.
Lying fallow
Someone asked me yesterday what I was doing now that the book was finished. ‘Resting,’ I replied, and then, since
The fanatic within
At a time when the lamps are once again going out, not only in Europe but across the world, I’ve
The resonance of history
About 40 years ago, I found a small treasure in a secondhand bookshop—an old copy of Clarendon’s History of the
In defence of universalism
Last year, I was invited to a meeting organised by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. The conference, ‘Beyond Us versus Them –
