A conversation with Bill Ming
In the new episode of A Culture of Possibility, out today, Arlene and I talk to Bill Ming, one of
The problem of ‘impact’ (MCV 4)
A conversation with Peter Wright at the Creative Communities 3 conference made me realize that it might be useful to
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
Evidence, politicians and the value of debate
A meeting of cultural researchers was held in Lefkosia (Nicosia) this week, under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of
Memories worth having
Is it worth it A new winter coat and shoes for the wife And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday
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.
Corporate thought police
I grew up during the Cold War, when Eastern Europe seemed just a foggy buffer zone between the Soviets and
A Different Heartbeat (MCV 3)
The gold standard in evaluation Twenty years ago, when I began thinking about how to improve the evaluation of community
Serious amateurs
The modern system of art is not an essence or a fate but something we have made. Larry Shiner, 2001
Science, stories and truth
Frances Ashcroft: “I’m fascinated by this divorce of philosophy from science because I think that in a way we’re all
Back to evaluation (MCV 2)
Evaluation is intrinsic to creativity. Artists evaluate their work all the time, on many different levels and against many different
