A Restless Art – A Restless Art

Renewing opera

The problem of opera Opera is a problematic art. It’s not just the extravagant cost of producing it, or the

In another time, I was asked by Fuel Theatre to write the introduction for a book called Signal Fires, collecting

Some personal news on my other site:

Regular readers (thank you for your interest) will know my admiration and affection for John Fox, Sue Gill and the

For decades, longer even, cultural policy in Europe has been imagined as a conflict between two ideas. The first is

In January, I began an experiment in podcasting, following an invitation from Owen Kelly and Sophie Hope, who host an

BBC Radio has just broadcast a programme entitled ‘Everyone is an Artist’. It’s part of Archive on 4, a series

Many professional artists believe that working with non-professionals leads to an unavoidable decline in quality. That conviction is so integral

Many people know El Raval, but they know it in different ways. For tourists, it’s the lively grid of narrow

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