Voices
Michael Blyth spoke to filmmaker Ramon Te Wake, whose film Wait, Wait, Now! is part of Five Films for Freedom 2025, about celebrating her trans and Māori identities on screen.
Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey is a new UK/Japanese play. Matthew Lenton, Artistic Director of the theatre company Vanishing Point in Glasgow, tells us how it was made.
The Marshes of Iraq is an important documentary about how climate change is destroying a way of life. Budoor Al Abid tells us how she used film to highlight the plight of the Marsh Arabs.
The British Council Collection consists of around 8,800 works of British art, but has no permanent gallery. We talked to Head of Collection, Moira Lindsay, to find out more.
The UK premiere of Opera Aperta's award-winning 'Chornobyldorf' was part of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture. Here Dasha Stokoz talks to the team behind the production.
Gabriela Gergova, a young Bulgarian journalist and grantee of the British Council’s Stronger Together programme looks at how a group of young people used film to tackle important issues.
Rachel Willcocks and Sinead Russell look back at the life, work and impact of Benjamin Zephaniah and his friendship with the British Council.
How can public art help to change perceptions of locations? Or our view of the world? Laura Green spoke to multi-disciplinary artist Afrah Shafiq.
Christine Wilson, British Council's Director Research and Insight writes about the impact of mega-events like EuroFestival on cultural relations and soft power.
Luke Spencer spent nine months in Mexico as part of our Language Assistants Programme. He recounts his experience of VOLTA Abismal, a cross-cultural ecological music festival.