The best of us
When I was young, I often heard it said that if Shakespeare were alive, he’d be writing for TV. Today,
Thinking about culture as if people mattered
When I was young, I often heard it said that if Shakespeare were alive, he’d be writing for TV. Today,
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