Voices Magazine

Date: 29 April 2020 - 14:46

How I created a digital exhibition

David Drake, Director of Ffotogallery, tells us how he created the digital exhibition The Place I Call Home.

Tags: Visual Arts, Technology

Date: 22 March 2019 - 13:24

Novelist Hamid Ismailov on storytelling, social media and censorship

Hamid Ismailov's novel The Devil's Dance, first published in Uzbek in a series of social media posts, won the EBRD Literature Prize 2019.

Tags: Literature, Technology

Date: 02 May 2017 - 14:28

Why do businesses cluster together?

What causes industries to cluster together in certain parts of a city, and is it a good thing? We asked Kat Hanna, Research Manager at the Centre for London.

Tags: Creative Economy, Technology, Universities and higher education

'[W]ild pansy could have potential uses in the treatments of cancer.' Image (c) kahvikisu, licensed under CC-BY-2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 01 December 2016 - 09:45

Would Shakespeare's potions really work?

Shakespeare's plays are full of biochemical concoctions and cosmology, so how much of a scientist was he? We asked the British Council's former science adviser, Dr Tim Slingsby.

Tags: Science, Shakespeare, Arts, Literature, Theatre

Skeleton of Richard III. Photo (c) University of Leicester

Date: 02 November 2016 - 09:24

How close was Shakespeare's portrayal of Richard III?

Dr Turi King combined archaeology, history, and genetics to find the remains of Richard III, who died 500 years ago. In this interview, she compares the literary figure with the real man.

Tags: Shakespeare, Science, Arts, Theatre, Literature

'The motivation behind my work and the questions I'm asking are different from those of an illustrator.' Art

Date: 19 February 2016 - 15:59

Gemma Anderson: 'Take drawing seriously as mode of enquiry'

Does art simply represent the world 'as it is', or does it find other aspects in it, aspects that people wouldn't normally detect? Gemma Anderson, who creates art with scientists, answers.

Tags: Visual Arts, Science, Arts

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

'As scientists, we have to realise the power we have – and the limitations of that power.' Photo (c) Andy Miah, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and adapted from the original.

Date: 14 August 2015 - 06:52

What scientists can gain from literature and philosophy

Education UK’s Ellie Buchdahl spoke to Professor Lord Robert Winston, who boasts a long list of achievements in both science and the arts, to find out.

Tags: Science, Education, Literature

Date: 27 February 2015 - 09:59

Can digital art be called art?

Digital art has been around since the 1950s in the UK. We spoke to 15 Folds about the growing impact of digital art on the museum and gallery sector in the UK,

Tags: Arts, Visual Arts, Technology

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