When we were in the streets
With everything that is happening to us, I’ve rather neglected this site recently, writing elsewhere about community opera and how
Fruitless arguments from entrenched positions
On Monday, Arts Council England published its new strategy for the coming decade. Judging by the consultation document and the
Trusting the process
We thought we were making a play, when we started this process a couple of years ago. Instead, we’ll present
Culture is a right, not a solution
Originally posted on François Matarasso:
‘This week, faith leaders, unions and others called for 2020 to be the “decade of reconciliation…
Next steps for ‘A Restless Art’
The publication of A Restless Art, long-delayed, is now almost a year in the past. Time has flown, and the
In praise of podcasts
What the world of podcasts shows, above all, is that anyone can make good radio, if they put their mind to it.
Feeling at home
The democratic urgency of dialogue in a diverse world Notes for a speech at the Nordic Dialogues conference, in Oslo
Thinking about the purpose of conversation
On Thursday evening and Friday morning I spent several hours talking about participatory art with two diverse groups in Berlin.
Rummaging in the archives
This site began in the summer of 2015, as I started work on the book it was intended to support.
Instrumentalisation: a convenient mask
For as long as I can remember, the accusation of instrumentalising art has been flung at community artists, as a
The invisible participants
This is quite something. The European Commission has developed a tool to monitor and assess the performance of ‘Cultural and
