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Laundry hanging from a balcony
Date
05 August 2020 - 16:40

Why we turn city rooftops into public spaces

Claire Hall and Jak Spencer are part of the team at Urban Scale Interventions, which is reinventing underused rooftops in Belfast. Here, they tell us about using roofs creatively.

Tags
Architecture, Design, Arts
Water droplet
Date
16 December 2019 - 16:06

Where do art and science meet?

Engineer, scientist, performer and aspiring astronaut Niamh Shaw tells us where art and science meet. 

Tags
Science, Theatre
A person reading a book.
Date
16 January 2017 - 10:12

Bernardine Evaristo: 'Books expand our imaginations'

Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo talks about reading books against the internet's distractions, as well as which new writers to look out for.

Tags
Literature, Arts
'The more I took the journey of transition, the happier I felt as an actor and performer.'
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
'My poems are concerned with many different things, from local realities to the personal'. Image (c) Peter Hershey, used under licence and adapted from the original.
Date
07 November 2016 - 03:26

A brief introduction to the poetry of Burma

We asked Maung Day, Burmese poet and writer in residence at Edge Hill University in the UK, about poetry in Burma today, and the influences on his own writing.

Tags
Arts, Literature
Photo of English channel (c) NASA, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 and adapted from the original.
Date
08 July 2016 - 15:37

What did Europe mean to Shakespeare?

Professor Michael Dobson argues that Shakespeare was a champion of free movement, and averse to insular nationalism.

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Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature
'[W]atch the films in advance so there are no awkward moments during the screening.' Photo
Date
29 June 2016 - 12:57

How to get film-based lessons right

Have you ever shown films to your class, or considered setting up a film club? Daryn Simon, Head of History at Ysgol Bryn Alyn, and Beatrix Clark of Into Film share some advice.

Tags
Film, Schools, Arts, Teaching resources, Teaching
Alisa Ganieva initially published her prize-winning long story under a male pen name. Image (c) Imam Guseynov.
Date
12 April 2016 - 15:45

Why did a young female Russian novelist pretend to be a man?

Award-winning young Russian writer Alisa Ganieva published her first long story under a secret male pen name. She told us why.

Tags
Literature, Arts
'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
An older gay man comes out in this heart-warming three-minute film. Video still from The Orchid, (c) dir. Ferran Navarro-Beltrán, 2015
Date
17 March 2016 - 11:14

Can film change how we see same-sex relationships?

Briony Hanson, the British Council's director of film, talks about how film can challenge and educate.

Tags
Film, Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
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