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'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
'Unless I am feeding my creative brain, I dry up.' Photo by Richard Davenport, used with permission.
Date
18 June 2015 - 15:22

Ever wondered what goes on in a performance artist's head?

Theatre maker, performance artist, activist and self-proclaimed loudmouth Bryony Kimmings invites us into her creative process.

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Arts, Theatre, Dance
Headpiece made of reclaimed plastic and glass waste, from Ken Samudio’s Aquapocalypse F/W 2014. Photo (c) MK Suayan.
Date
24 April 2015 - 10:53

How can you shop for fashion sustainably?

On 24 April 2013, a Bangladeshi garment factory in Dhaka collapsed, killing 1,133 people. Kendall Robbins explains why we need a more sustainable approach to fashion.

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Fashion, Arts
'Where Dylan Thomas felt he could improve the English language, he did so.' Photo (c) Reena Mahtani. licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
22 October 2014 - 16:44

How Dylan Thomas got playful with English grammar

Actor and artistic director Guy Masterson says the famous Welsh poet didn’t so much defy the rules of grammar as stretch them.

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Arts, Literature
'A poetry slam is essentially a bunch of poets getting into a room and performing their poetry.' Photo (c) Jannes Rupf, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
06 August 2014 - 05:33

You don't need an English degree to understand poetry (podcast)

Enter the world of spoken-word poetry with two multi-award-winning poets: from Australia, Zohab Zee Khan, and from the UK, Harry Baker - world poetry slam champion in 2012.

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Arts, Literature
'Radio drama is, I think, my favourite of all the different things I’ve done'. Photo (c) Tom Godber, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
21 July 2014 - 14:25

Neil Gaiman on radio drama, online piracy and social media

British writer Neil Gaiman is credited as being one of the creators of the modern graphic novel as well as an author whose work crosses many genres.

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Arts, Literature
'Some people argue that society has changed a lot since these works were written.' Photo (c) mischief mari, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
16 August 2013 - 17:10

Is Jane Austen out of date for the classroom?

Teacher trainer Chris Lima explains how 19th-century language and culture are less of a hindrance in relating literature to language students than one might assume.

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English language, Literature, Teaching
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