What happens when citizens lead?
The room felt different. Not the usual museum-sector gathering, where the audience nods along to a vision set by senior leaders…
Oh lord
Blog – Last night I attended an event in Westminster called The Lords work in mysterious ways? which was about reforming the House of Lords. I thought I’d share some headlines…
“a shift from group-led decision-making to something that is more citizen-led”
Blog – how do we make big decisions? Transitioning from ‘group-led’ to ‘citizen-led’ decision-making
“the Cultural Recovery Fund missed the opportunity to activate a renaissance. Instead it bought the sector a £1.57 billion deep freeze”
CHAPTER – this was an interview with Caridad Svich for her book “Toward a Future Theatre – Conversations during a Pandemic”
“time to change the structure”
Blog – what should public funding for culture seek to achieve and who gets to set the strategy?
Sat 24th Oct 2020
“time to change the story”
Blog – how can we hear more and different voices about the future of funded culture?
Sat 23rd May 2020
“time to change the numbers”
Blog – looking at how Arts Council England’s investment could be used to directly fund 3,000 artists and 500 community venues
Sun 10th May 2020
“I felt empowered and informed – it gave me the language and skills to have difficult discussions”
CHAPTER – this is the fourth ‘scratch’ for a book called Everyday Uses for Creativity in Public Life – Feb 1st 2020
This is a story about my general election and the search for a different kind of democracy.
“a boy in my class answered a question using his imagination and he got a warning”
CHAPTER – this is the third ‘scratch’ of some text for a book I am writing called Everyday Uses for Creativity in Public Life – Dec 1st 2019
“I want to better understand the value of our own creative thinking & our creative potential”
CHAPTER – this is the second ‘scratch’ chapter of a book I am writing called Everyday Uses for Creativity in Public Life – Nov 1st 2019
“I think there is less written about the role of creativity in transforming public life”
CHAPTER – this is the first ‘scratch’ chapter of a book I am writing. It’s working title is Everyday Uses for Creativity in Public Life – Oct 1st 2019
“Because President Trump is coming on the same day we re-open the Grand Hall”
BLOG – about the picture we took outside Battersea Arts Centre
“Instead of TED talks perhaps we could have TED actions?”
PRESENTATION – this was a TEDx talk in Wandsworth about learning through doing rather than listening to bloody talks
“We have to take responsibility that we have all been complicit in creating a system which has led to this moment”
BLOG – reflecting on the fire at Grenfell Tower and making a commitment
“The leader of the free world is now a CEO”
ARTICLE – in preparation for a season of shows called Cash, Capitalism and Corporations this was a contribution to Run Riot
“To be honest, my optimism partly sprang from a dawning realisation that I was part of the reason that REMAIN lost and that LEAVE won”
BLOG – a response in the days after the 2016 referendum about what Brexit means for culture
“The show is made by The Freedom Theatre who are based in the Jenin refugee camp in Palestine”
BLOG – about the visit of The Siege to Battersea Arts Centre in 2015
“I love pan-outs”
PRESENTATION – responding to the question “how can we be stronger together?” at Northern Stage in Edinburgh 2012
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