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'The structures that stood there for 1,700 years have been forever destroyed.' Photo (c) DVIDSHUB, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the orignal

Date: 21 August 2015 - 10:14

Destroying cultural heritage: more than just material damage

The British Council's Stephen Stenning provides some answers about why we should care about preserving the world's cultural heritage.

Tags: Arts

Photo courtesy of Stranger Lagos, used with kind permission.

Date: 20 August 2015 - 01:59

The best cultural things to do in Lagos

Just as we launch UK/Nigeria 2015–16, a new season of cultural exchange between Nigeria and the UK, the British Council's Alex Bratt recommends some cultural highlights in Lagos.

Tags: Arts, Fashion, Film, Music

Scene from Ukrainian festival GogolFest, whose programmers are trying to instil a multidisciplinary and contemporary spirit into Ukrainian theatre.

Date: 17 August 2015 - 08:47

Iryna Chuzhynova: Ukrainian theatre needs to open up

Long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ukrainian theatre still exists in something of an international ghetto, argues deputy editor of 'Ukrainian Theatre' magazine, Iryna Chuzhynova.

Tags: Arts, Theatre

'Young children understand the concept of symmetry from building towers with building blocks.' Photo (c) Raúl Hernández González, licensed under CC-BY-2.0, adapted from the original.

Date: 06 August 2015 - 04:06

Every child is capable of learning maths

How important is a child's mindset when learning maths? Emily Cairns, a UK student working at JUMP Math in Toronto as part of an international work-study exchange programme, explains.

Tags: Teaching, Science, Schools

'Of course, there’s so much more going on "behind the scenes".' Photo (c) christopher_brown

Date: 29 July 2015 - 12:00

Do scientists need to be celebrities to be successful?

We spoke to Dr Michael Londesborough of the Czech Academy of Sciences to get his view.

Tags: Science

'Through dance, children develop spatial awareness, become less clumsy and pay more attention to others sharing their space.' Image (c) Mat Wright

Date: 25 June 2015 - 04:41

Why song and dance are essential for children’s development

How do children benefit from music and dance? Lin Marsh, a singing leader with the British Council's World Voice programme, explains.

Tags: Music, Teaching resources, Arts, Education

'Syrians feel the world has forgotten about them.' Photo (c) Hassan Abou Nouh, 'Prayer' taken in Homs, Telbiseh, Syria, 2011- 2014.

Date: 24 June 2015 - 13:30

What do Syrian refugees think about their country's crisis?

We asked Abed, a Syrian who has been talking to fellow Syrian refugees, what they thought.

Tags: Education, Arts

Skakespeare, in the words of Ben Jonson, is ‘not of an age, but for all time.’

Date: 09 June 2015 - 05:52

Was Shakespeare as popular in his own time as he is now?

Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most popular play in modern times, but how did Shakespeare's contemporaries rate his works? Professor Laura Estill looks at how attitudes to Shakespeare have changed.

Tags: Arts, Theatre, Literature, Shakespeare

Cultivating fertile land can result in environmental degradation. Image © Ian Hayhurst licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original on Flickr.

Date: 04 June 2015 - 11:30

How will we feed nine billion people in 2050?

With one in eight of the world’s population undernourished, and a global population set to reach nine billion by 2050, we look at some of the possible solutions to food scarcity.

Tags: Science

'It was seen as a wonderful historic city, but they wanted to propel it into the 20th century.'

Date: 27 May 2015 - 08:46

How Venice Biennale became 'art world’s Olympics' (podcast)

The Venice International Art Biennale today attracts more than 300,000 visitors every year. But how did it become one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world?

Tags: Arts, Visual Arts

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