literature – François Matarasso

The fanatic within

At a time when the lamps are once again going out, not only in Europe but across the world, I’ve

You see them sometimes, late at night, cleaning offices for people they never meet; or unloading vans from empty bus

I do not believe in Belief. But this is an age of faith, where one is surrounded by so many

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

‘The next generation don’t want old books – they don’t seem to want books at all. This is very painful

One lovely evening this summer, I stood waiting in the lobby of the Market Theatre in the Herefordshire town of

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

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

I was driving home through the Scottish Borders—like Debatable Lands everywhere, this lovely region is used to strangers—when I passed

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