- Date
- 13 September 2018 - 13:26
One Arabic-English translator shares his experience
Tony Calderbank has been translating from Arabic to English since 1992. He shares some of the knowledge he has acquired along the way.
- Tags
- Literature, History
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- Date
- 05 September 2018 - 10:34
Black Lives Matter Toronto founding member talks about his complex identity
Artist and activist Syrus Marcus Ware talks about black, transgender and disabled identity, and gives his best advice for effective activism.
- Tags
- Performance, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 13 March 2018 - 11:00
What happens at an international cultural festival?
We asked Juliana Engberg, past Programme Director of the European Capital of Culture, about her experience.
- Tags
- Arts, Festivals, Cultural leadership
- Date
- 27 November 2017 - 11:35
How one competition winner photographs people
Claudia Cuomo is the winner of EnGENDERed 2017. She told us how she approaches portrait photography.
- Tags
- Visual Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 25 May 2017 - 17:33
The Polish town that vanished off the map
What happens to people's memories when their town disappears? We asked Filip Springer, author of 'History of a Disappearance: The Story of a Forgotten Polish Town'.
- Tags
- Literature, History
!['[Maria Stoian's book] is a collection of comics based on stories of women who have experienced abuse.' Image (c) Maria Stoian, used with permission.](https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/styles/bc-landscape-100x56/public/stoian-samples3.jpg?itok=oehzW9vI)
- Date
- 18 May 2017 - 01:59
The rich, international world of comic books by women
Anamaria Pravicencu, who curated events at the European Comics Festival Exhibition in Bucharest, talks about the rise of international comic books by women authors.
- Tags
- Visual Arts, Literature, Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 09 December 2016 - 15:30
Jo Clifford: 'I see writing as a way of resisting prejudice'
We asked playwright Jo Clifford to tell us about her creative process and how her experience of transgender issues has influenced her writing.
- Tags
- Theatre, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
- Date
- 05 September 2016 - 13:28
'The greatest risk to our heritage is ignorance'
We interviewed Dr Asma Ibrahim, director of the Museum and Art Gallery Department at the State Bank of Pakistan, about some of the greatest risks to heritage, among other things.
- Tags
- Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity, Arts, Architecture
- Date
- 03 May 2016 - 13:57
Jenny Sealey: 'You must be better than non-disabled actors'
Jenny Sealey, who directed a group of Bangladeshi deaf and disabled actors to perform Romeo and Juliet, tells us whether it is harder for deaf and disabled actors to make it.
- Tags
- Theatre, Arts, Shakespeare, Equal opportunities and diversity
- 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