England – A Restless Art

Innocence and experience: John Fox’s songs

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

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

In late January 2021, in the depth of winter and the midst of lockdown, a small group of people gathered

Last night I sat in a Dublin B&B for watching a performance unfold in Leeds Playhouse through a laptop screen. It was

There’s no moment quite like this. So much of community art is in the journey, the being-together, listening, learning and

Tony Stacey is Chief Executive of South Yorkshire Housing Association, which provides over 4,000 homes in Sheffield and the wider region.

About five years ago, a group of musicians and academics set up an international research platform to foster understanding of the social

In February, I spent a couple of days in County Durham, meeting artists and local people involved in the Northern

Murals were a cornerstone of the early community art movement. Between the 1960s and 1990s, hundreds were painted, mostly outdoors,

In February, I participated in the kick-off meeting of TRACTION, a Horizon 2020 project researching how digital technology can support