Active Stewards in a Divided World
A Roman resting at ease on top of an unseen war It’s a truth universally acknowledged that we live in a divided world. But do we agree on where the big […]
Thriving Places
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know that I’ve just come back from a month travelling round Europe exploring the role of culture in different cities. I blogged […]
Links between Brexit and Trump
I published this on Medium and thought I’d share it here too. I’ve had a go at tracking some similarities and connections (and a few differences) between the UK situation, […]
Welcome to the biggest crime that’s ever been committed
It’s 4.18. Last night I went to see Kate Tempest perform Let Them Eat Chaos. The title of this post is a line from Tunnel Vision, the last section of […]
You got me singing
“You got me singing even though the world is gone.” You Got me Singing, Leonard Cohen I wonder if there’s a particular word for the kind of love you feel […]
These times
I don’t know about you. My days are filled with warmth, food and loved ones, with creative work, with the beauties of a slowly turning mild Autumn. But my nights […]
Creativity and self-led learning
Fred Garnett is running an enquiry into creativity and heutagogy, and he’s asked me to write 50 words on this topic. Heutagogy, in a nutshell, is the study of learning […]
Mapping Future Jobs
There are so many articles out there where futurists and education pundits are invited to share their thoughts on what will be the jobs of the future. There are so […]
Ecology and cultural learning
A New Direction has begun a new piece of research which applies ecological concepts to understand creative and cultural ecosystems, and how they can be nurtured for the future […]
To listen, to learn
Here we are 7 weeks since the EU Referendum. The negative consequences foreseen by the majority of economists are already coming to pass. Interest rates have been cut to a […]
