culture – Page 2 – François Matarasso

The Budapest Observatory

There’s has been a great increase in cultural policy data, research and commentary in recent years, reflecting culture’s greater importance in the

‘What are you going to do, then?’ I asked. ‘To smoke,’ he answered. ‘It is quite a three pipe problem,

The speech of women There is a paradox, acknowledged by the speaker herself, in a woman giving a lecture about

As you approach the Acropolis Museum in Athens you see the Parthenon’s reflection floating in the dark glass wall of

Text of a talk for the Greek EU Presidency conference, “Heritage First! Towards a common approach for a sustainable Europe” •

‘I want to change, but not if it means changing,’ a patient once said to me in complete innocence. This

At Seville Cathedral today, my breath was taken away by the power of a building designed, made and decorated by

There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the arts (and culture) being in crisis. There will be

State funding of culture is a very tricky thing to do in a democracy. Patrons, sponsors, customers just buy what

I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control right now Badlands (1978) Bruce Springsteen ‘Shackled and Drawn’ During