Prisoners of Love, Amateurs and Professionals (Old Words #3)
This essay is a slightly revised version of a chapter in Where We Dream, West Bromwich Operatic Society and the
Tag: professional
Cui bloody bono?
The speech of women There is a paradox, acknowledged by the speaker herself, in a woman giving a lecture about
How to be an artist
‘I don’t care if you call my work journalism or art or whatever; whatever you want to call it is
What is an artist? (MCV6)
On the face of it, it’s an odd question. After all, we know what a baker, a dentist or a
All I wanted to do
‘This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody
An even break for young artists
Three months ago, I agreed to make a ‘digital postcard’ for the engage conference, which takes place in Cardiff today
Literary novels and the Counter-Reformation
The priests of the Temple of Literature have been issuing instruction, as the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize was
On the use of the word ‘professional’
‘Contempt for and indifference toward intellectual passions and creativity where these are not remunerative are precisely concordant with financial hierarchies.
Parliament of Dreams 