A question of identity
Like most people with a mixed heritage, I expect, I’ve had to think a good deal about identity—my own and
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Funding community arts – this month’s episode of ‘A Culture of Possibility’
In the fourth episode of our monthly podcast Arlene Goldbard and I talk about how community art is funded in
Because I am involved in humankind
A little over 30 years ago—in May 1989 to be exact—the Communist authorities in Hungary began to dismantle the barbed
Holding on to democracy
Yesterday I was asked why I accept the result of the 2016 referendum in which a majority of English and
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
Art across borders
Migranland It is in the nature of artistic work to reach beyond the boundaries of language, culture and context. You
Human diversity is
I have seen the future, brother, it is murder. Leonard Cohen, The Future, (1993) From the street corner where Gavrilo
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
In search of gravitas
Gravitas, the heavy tread of moral earnestness, becomes a bore if it is not accompanied by the light step of
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
François Matarasso 