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13 September 2014 Experiences / Research

The Pinning Stones

Portraits from The Pinning Stones by Ray Smith On Thursday, the residents of Scotland decide whether to leave the United Kingdom

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19 June 2014 Experiences / For itself / Thinking

Joining the canon

As tribute records go, La Bande à Renaud, is not bad, but it is a little sad. There is a

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6 April 2014 Thinking

In search of gravitas

Gravitas, the heavy tread of moral earnestness, becomes a bore if it is not accompanied by the light step of

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18 March 2014 Thinking

Cui bloody bono?

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

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9 March 2014 Experiences / Thinking

Well-worn touchstones

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

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7 March 2014 Talks / Thinking

A small boat on a dark sea

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

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2 March 2014 Thinking

Naked emperors

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

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26 February 2014 Experiences

Artists did this

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

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7 February 2014 Asides / Thinking

Beyond control

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

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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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Francois Matarasso

Francois Matarasso

I'm a community arts worker, writer and researcher based in the UK.

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