Arts and culture

Alison Baily looks at the findings of a new report examining the value of culture in post-conflict recovery.

As the final series of Game of Thrones hits the screens, Insight looks at the soft power of invented worlds.

Insight looks at the aftermath of the fire that recently devastated the Brazilian National Museum, to ask what lessons can be learned.

Research report: exploring the role that culture can play in building sustainable peace in communities recovering from conflict.

Research report: this study examines the contribution that literature can make in large scale cultural interventions and urban policy more broadly.

Read Culture and International Development: Towards an Interdisciplinary Methodology, a literature review on culture and development and a proposal for a future methodology.

A discovery in the British Council’s archives throws new light on its relationship with Orwell.

With global affairs are increasingly influenced by populism and identity politics, Paul Smith examines the vital importance of culture in international relations.

September 2018: Dave Haslam examines how music venues provide spaces for new encounters.

September 2018: Shriya Malhotra writes about working with collective Partizaning in Moscow and the differences between being a public artist and an activist in Moscow and Delhi.