Thinking – François Matarasso

In defence of universalism

Last year, I was invited to a meeting organised by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. The conference, ‘Beyond Us versus Them –

Today, I turn sixty. Such anniversaries are foreseeable, and this one’s long presence on my personal horizon was a reason

Dear Michael, Thank you for your reply to my piece about democracy and the Brexit Referendum. I was going to write

Yesterday I was asked why I accept the result of the 2016 referendum in which a majority of English and

Every month for almost 20 years, a memo about cultural policy and administration has been sent by email from

My father and grandfather survived the Shoah, thanks to the Greek resistance. My grandmother survived because she was Christian. Thousands,

Returning to Britain yesterday after two weeks in a distant country, I felt grateful to be home, and to feel

Georgina Barney is captivated by farming, in theory, art and practice. Today she publishes GB Farming: An Island Journey, a book

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

A text written for a workshop under the title ‘Beyond Us versus Them: The Role of Culture in a Divided Europe‘