Power, promises and participatory arts
Circuit is a four year programme, led by Tate and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, that aims to connect young people
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Another Angle of Vision
The last days of September in Orkney: weather fine and sunlit mirrors in Scapa Flow and Hoy Sound. The sky
The darkness, in this twittering world
The revolution in information and communication technology has given us 24 hour news, social networking and instant access to the
Great art everywhere
A baking July afternoon in Lincolnshire. Everything feels flattened under the heat: sheep, crops, fields. The houses I pass are
On the value of not putting things into words
It’s uncomfortable for a writer to admit, but sometimes words fail us. They seem to have done so both before
Remembering not to forget
Forgotten empire The almost complete absence of imperialism and particularly of colonialism from British public discourse has always struck me
Status anxiety
This is an anxious time for the 700-odd organisations who get regular funding from Arts Council England, and for those who
Naked emperors
‘I want to change, but not if it means changing,’ a patient once said to me in complete innocence. This
Streetwise in Seville
There was a spontaneous peal of applause in the Teatro Central at the end of this film yesterday, where I
Artists did this
At Seville Cathedral today, my breath was taken away by the power of a building designed, made and decorated by
Parliament of Dreams 