policy – François Matarasso

Participation is everywhere. Now what?

“The vision of this Strategy, therefore, is of a country in which the creativity of everyone living here is celebrated

A few days ago, I happened to see a media article from a senior cultural figure in which they wrote

Over past year or two, I’ve had a series of conversations with people about books they’ve been working on. Some

The first anniversary of the 2020 Rome Charter is marked today by an event in Rome, under the auspices of

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

There’s has been a great increase in cultural policy data, research and commentary in recent years, reflecting culture’s greater importance in the

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

State funding of culture is a very tricky thing to do in a democracy. Patrons, sponsors, customers just buy what

For much of the British media, 2014 began with a panic about the opening of the UK’s borders to people

It’s a widely held idea that art is dangerous—or at least challenging. It threatens established thinking, especially the complacency of