Cultural Capital and success
A rather poor article about a relatively niche piece of research has had a huge amount of attention (at least in my echo chamber of cultural learning people) because the […]
A rather poor article about a relatively niche piece of research has had a huge amount of attention (at least in my echo chamber of cultural learning people) because the […]
This is an overview of some of my thoughts, tapping a few past articles and posts, about the role of Cultural Learning in the context of a Climate & Ecological […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve just attended a House of Commons debate on creativity in the curriculum, where a good number of Labour MPs and one Conservative MP argued for the inclusion of expressive […]
The EU Referendum result is in – 48% to 52% in favour of leaving the EU – and the country is divided into: Leavers (in multiple camps of baffled and regretful, […]
Children fishing as a rising tide lifts some boats, but not the broken ones David Cameron has given a ‘new year new party’Â kind of speech, reasserting the Conservatives as a […]
I’m chairing the morning session of Culture24’s conference, Connecting Collections at the RMG’s National Maritime Museum. This should be a really stimulating day, as it goes beyond talking about digital tactics, to […]
Yesterday was the shortest day of the year. Cosy by our winter solstice fire, we watched TV. It was the epic film Spartacus, with its unbearable ending in 6,000 crucified […]
Nicky Morgan (Secretary of State for Education) has infuriated the Cultural sector by telling all young people that if they study Arts and Humanities it will “hold them back for […]