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16 September 2014 Regular marvels

The spirit of independence

The Independent Theatre Council is celebrating its 40th birthday today, with an event at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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23 July 2014 The Light Ships

Christian art in a post-Christian society

‘If I say that this is a post-Christian nation, that doesn’t mean necessarily non-Christian. It means the cultural memory is

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24 February 2014 From My Life / Winter fires

‘Every day in life is beautiful’

‘Music is in the first place of art. It brings us on an island with peace, beauty and love. Music

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2 February 2014 From My Life

A Chorus of Solidarity

‘Pete Seeger’s great work was not just singing the songs, but getting everybody else to sing them—getting his audience, us,

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11 January 2014 From My Life

The story of the story

‘What is this shit?’ The opening words of Greil Marcus’ 1970 review of Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait have become a

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14 August 2013 Bread and Salt

Warnings from history

The generation born after the Second World War, known today as the Baby Boomers, is widely associated with comfort, prosperity

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5 July 2013 Regular Marvels in Theory

Regular Marvels, in Theory (RMT)

One reason for creating Regular Marvels is to look for better ways of writing about people’s experience of art and culture.

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23 June 2013 Bread and Salt

Bread and Salt published

Bread and Salt, Stories of Art and Migration, was published by Vrede van Utrecht on Friday evening, a part of

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1 June 2013 Bread and Salt

Against Frankenstein

‘Hope today is a contraband passed from hand to hand and from story to story.’ John Berger, Bento’s Sketchbook, 2011

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20 May 2013 Regular marvels

Engaged writing

Manuel Castells‘ account of the  networks of outrage and hope that have emerged since the economic collapse of 2008 is

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I’m a community artist, writer and researcher, working mostly in Europe. My latest book, 'A Restless Art', describes the history, theory and practice of participatory art.

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