Writing and Publishing
Story Time
Shonaleigh Cumbers must be one of Britain's busiest storytellers. Despite working in a craft that continues to ensure oral histories,…
Poetry texts (messaging, that is)
Text messaging has become one of the most popular ways of communicating in the 21st century. Media company Blink realised…
A Classic Case
Attracting audiences to contemporary classical music performances is no easy task. The difficulties posed by dwindling audiences for the genre…
Regeneration needs Creative Clusters
The last two decades have seen the UK undergo a visible transformation as the nation moves into a post-industrial era.…
Two princesses and a pea
Alit Kreitz and Anton Mirto have an enviable friendship - one of those that only comes along once in a…
A marriage of art and social science - Part 1
Tom Cockburn is a social scientist at the University of Bradford who together with colleague Rory Francis – an artist…
Art and the City
Critics love it and hate it by turn. Contemporary art, that is. The only time it is likely to be…
Coffee and Cultureshock
It's the first day of the last month of spring, and summer is definitely in the air in Melbourne -…
New compositions for Huddersfield
Next month, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival celebrates 25 years of bringing cutting-edge classical music to Britain's shores. Artistic Director…
The State of Youth Arts
Director of the London Youth Arts Network, Anne Engel, takes time out from the hectic schedule of the first Festival…