- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Tags
- Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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