Voices Magazine

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

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.

Tags: Fashion, 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.

Tags: 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.

Tags: Arts, Literature

'Social media is like a mutual approval machine, where we frantically approve of each other.' Image

Date: 16 November 2015 - 13:58

Chilling free speech: the reality of social media (podcast)

Two digital-age writers, Jon Ronson and Alexandra Heminsley, discuss the implications of new forms of communication in a podcast with journalist Georgina Godwin.

Tags: Literature, Arts

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.

Tags: 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.

Tags: Arts, Literature

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.

Tags: 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.

Tags: Architecture, Science, Scientific research, Arts

Photo courtesy of Stranger Lagos, used with kind permission.

Date: 20 August 2015 - 01:59

The best cultural things to do in Lagos

Just as we launch UK/Nigeria 2015–16, a new season of cultural exchange between Nigeria and the UK, the British Council's Alex Bratt recommends some cultural highlights in Lagos.

Tags: Arts, Fashion, Film, Music

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