No is not enough: Dream!
Last night I went to see Naomi Klein speak and be questioned about her new book, No is Not Enough. There were 2,500 of us in the Royal Festival Hall, […]
Rising Tide
Yesterday we (Susanne Buck and I, Flow Associates) were at the Rising Tide conference, hosted by the Royal Opera House Bridge, taking place at Chatham Historic Dockyard. It was all […]
Flow Sustainable Art Award
Last week, I had an enjoyable afternoon judging the Flow Sustainable Art Award for a student graduating from the Wimbledon Master of Fine Arts course. The award was for a […]
Making It: future skills and creativity
The Government clearly recognises the recent growth of creative industries and sees them as a key part of their Industrial Strategy. This piece of research by NESTA explores how skills […]
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 […]
