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'This battle has to be fought, owned and championed by Africans.' Image (cropped) (c) David Campbell Morrison
Date
17 March 2016 - 19:07

One man's experience of being gay in Nigeria

Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian activist who received death threats after he came out tells us about his experience growing up in his home country.

Tags
Film, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
Nour Najem is among the designers who use handmade fabric.
Date
24 February 2016 - 14:46

'Fashion is a beautiful thing'

At London Fashion Week 2016, we spoke to four rising stars in the British Council's International Fashion Showcase about the future of international high fashion.

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Fashion, Arts
Young boy sitting among ruins with other people standing in the background
Date
03 February 2016 - 05:09

How art helped these children traumatised by war

Filmmaker Sara Ishaq relates how a four-day art workshop helped give a degree of solace to Yemeni children made homeless by war.

Tags
Civil society, Arts
'Poetry is, in some essential way, an acoustic form – it's a breath form.'
Date
21 December 2015 - 16:56

Sir Andrew Motion on Shakespeare's legacy (podcast)

Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.

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Arts, Literature, Shakespeare
'You should read Lola Shoneyin for her humorous look at life in a polygamous family.'
Date
08 December 2015 - 11:14

Five Nigerian novelists you should read

Which writers are making waves on Nigeria's literary scene at the moment? Publisher and academic Emma Shercliff, who specialises in African literature, gives us her top five recommendations.

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Arts, Literature
An illustration of people on a bridge over water, with an Indian city scape in the background.
Date
29 October 2015 - 05:38

The Indian graphic novel is here to stay

How much do you know about India's ever-growing and diverse graphic novel scene? Paul Gravett, an expert in the field for over 30 years, runs through a brief history of the form.

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Arts, Literature, Visual Arts
'Writers are finding space for previously taboo topics.' Photo (c) Stefan Munder, licensed under CC BY 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
28 September 2015 - 08:22

Burma’s ethnic writing is emerging after years of exclusion

For decades, Burma's ethnically diverse writers were unable to publish in their own language. There are, however, first signs of a changing literary landscape.

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Literature, Arts
Sakha theater (Russia) perform Macbeth in Moscow in 2009. Photo by Sergey Petrov
Date
16 September 2015 - 04:47

What makes Shakespeare endlessly adaptable?

Professor Michael Dobson explains how Shakespeare manages to be simultaneously historical and contemporary, ahead of his Smart Talks on this subject in China on 21-24 September.

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Arts, Theatre, Literature, Shakespeare
Floor-heating systems that send hot air into a hollow space under the floor to heat a room or bath exist since Roman times. Watercolour by General Eduard von Kallee, 1884 (c) public domain, adapted from the original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rottenburg_Sumelocenna_by_Eduard_von_Kallee.jpg
Date
14 September 2015 - 14:54

Eco houses are coming back after centuries

What makes a house eco-friendly and how has the technology changed over time? Dr Bilsay Pastakkaya, who received a British Council grant to work with fellow researchers in the UK, explains.

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Architecture, Science, Scientific research, Arts
'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.

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Arts
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