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23 October 2014 Thinking

Why we need parliaments

Yesterday, Canada’s Parliament was attacked by an armed man. Twenty years ago, the philosopher Isaiah Berlin was awarded an Honorary

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5 January 2014 Essays / Thinking

Friendly Interest

For much of the British media, 2014 began with a panic about the opening of the UK’s borders to people

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5 April 2013 Research

The Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans

Next week, I will be in Sarajevo for a conference to mark the end of the Swiss Cultural Programme in

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29 December 2012 Thinking

All I wanted to do

‘This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody

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21 July 2012 Thinking

Corporate thought police

I grew up during the Cold War, when Eastern Europe seemed just a foggy buffer zone between the Soviets and

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  • A Selfless Age? From ‘Winter Fires’ to ‘1001 Stories’21 April 2023
  • Time to go inward4 April 2023
  • Principles of co-creation24 March 2023
  • MIAAW LIVE! Inaugural Event14 March 2023
  • Co-creating Opera: Presenting the learning from the Traction project22 February 2023
  • Old Words #11 – ‘All in this together’6 January 2023
  • More carpenters than jackasses1 January 2023
  • Guest post: Arlene Goldbard on her new book16 December 2022
  • Old Words #10 – ‘Approximate Visions’2 December 2022
  • There exists a genuine mystery at the heart28 November 2022
  • Radical Hope: Carol Bebelle on Belonging, Becoming, and Healing18 November 2022
  • A museum is a strange place13 November 2022

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    1. François Matarasso on A Selfless Age? From ‘Winter Fires’ to ‘1001 Stories’24 April 2023

      Thanks Rebecca - have a wonderful opening day of rehearsal x

    2. Rebecca Manson Jones on A Selfless Age? From ‘Winter Fires’ to ‘1001 Stories’24 April 2023

      Oh what a perfect post to read on this first day of rehearsal for On The Beach a sensory show…

    3. François Matarasso on Time to go inward4 April 2023

      Oh, I'm wandering lost, for sure, thinking we owe the new generation something better than we've got.

    4. belfastguzzi on Time to go inward4 April 2023

      Well you know there are folk (even now / more so now) feeling totally lost in forging ahead (not to…

    5. jennifer hinves on Principles of co-creation24 March 2023

      Brilliant project! Well done all the co-creators.

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