Artful integrity: on Alistair Cooke
In August 1983, New York experienced a heat wave of unusual ferocity. One evening, in his 15th floor apartment overlooking
Tag: history
‘All in this together’
The de-politicisation of community art in Britain, 1970-2011 The term ‘community art’ came into use in Britain at the beginning
The mailman’s authority
‘Alert always to “Wittgenstein’s distinction between all the trivia you can talk about, and all the essentials you can’t,” Steiner
For the good of the others
‘Inform, educate and entertain’ This week, Radio 4 has been broadcasting a series of 45-minute programmes by Melvyn Bragg under the title The
Serious amateurs
The modern system of art is not an essence or a fate but something we have made. Larry Shiner, 2001
François Matarasso 