For itself – François Matarasso

'Tenderness is the most modest form of love'

Yesterday, Olga Tokarczuk gave her Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy, which awarded her the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature.

People gathered at the John Pat Peace Place fire, Songs for Peace 2019. Photo: Marg Bertling (Big hART) It’s been

Last night, I got an email from a friend asking me to support a campaign to change politics in Britain.

At a time when the lamps are once again going out, not only in Europe but across the world, I’ve

About 40 years ago, I found a small treasure in a secondhand bookshop—an old copy of Clarendon’s History of the

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

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. Millions,

It’s been a while since I added anything to this site, partly because of the holidays and partly because I’ve