3+ day, 41+ min ago  (1468+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture This month over at Five Books For, I've been looking at books where education is either a key theme or setting in the story. Never Let Me Go spends a fair bit of time…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1534+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture Do you have plans for May 15 yet? International Day of Families is just around the corner, and despite our busy schedules, the best way to celebrate it is by getting back to basics: quality…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1169+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture It is remarkably arrogant to tell an artist what her work is supposed to represent, especially when she has " very clearly " stated otherwise. A work of art may evoke thoughts, feelings or imagery for…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (1118+ words) Vinicius de Carvalho, King's College London; Boriana Alexandrova, University of York; Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, King's College London; Karolina Watroba, University of Edinburgh; Marion Gibson, University of Exeter, and Narguess Farzad, SOAS, University of London This year's International Booker Prize shortlist…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1154+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture Italian Neorealism, which emerged in the shadow of World War II, didn't just change how films looked " it changed what they paid attention to, and why. Filmmakers turned, whether from curiosity or necessity, to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1022+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture 35 years later, Wes Craven's best movie is also one of his least well known, and it's well worth dusting off the VHS off in our current Trumpian nightmare. The People Under the Stairs is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1196+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture I forgot who told me this years ago, but while there are exceptions to this rule, the rule is there for a reason. Writing, for example, is probably the most important and also the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1003+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture Managed by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, in partnership with Anglian Water, Rutland Water Nature Reserve is particularly focused on birds and offers visitors a peaceful retreat with a rich variety of plants, animals,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1001+ words) Worldwide voices on arts and culture Aditi Upmanyu, University of Oxford In his biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, written after her death, her husband William Godwin remarked of her travel writing: "If ever there was a book calculated to make a…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (669+ words) As humans, we are movement. It's hard not to tap your fingers when you hear a good beat or keep your feet still when the rhythm takes over. Even those who consider themselves uncoordinated " with two left feet " feel that…...