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All the world's

How Shakespeare is viewed around the globe and the role his work can play to support the UK’s soft power.

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Immunising the mind

How can education reform contribute to neutralising violent extremism?

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A world of experience

How international experiences make an impact and why it matters to individuals, employers and wider society.

India

India matters

How stronger educational and cultural ties can help to unlock the full potential of the UK-India relationship.

Hopes, fears and dreams

The views of Ukraine's next generation.

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Culture matters

Why culture should be at the heart of future public policy.

As others see us

Culture, attraction and soft power.

1.4-1.5 million men from India served for Britain in the war. Photo of wounded Indian soldiers in a French village courtesy of Imperial War Museum.

Remember the world as well as the war

Why the global reach and enduring legacy of the First World War still matter today.

Languages for the future 2013

The 2013 edition of which languages the UK needs most and why.

Influence and attraction

Culture and the race for soft power in the 21st century.

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