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• Statement of Regret Kwame Kwei-Armah's Statement of Regret, currently playing at the National Theatre, is set in a think tank called the Institute of Black Policy Research (ibpr).  The play takes its title from the demands made of the British and other governments to issue a 'statement of regret' for their respective nation's involvement in the slave trade.Some of us went to see it last night and thought that - if people haven't already come across it - it was worth drawing to their attention.Briefly... continue reading Posted by Samuel Jones on 8th January 2008
• Beyond 68 Is Barack Obama's real significance the fact the he was too young to be on the frontlines in 1968? There's a pretty convincing argument in this week's Economist that we're witnessing the moment when American politics moves beyond the culture wars of the hippie generation and becomes, well, something else. continue reading 7th January 2008
• 2008: the year of decisions I know everyone's supposed to be fed up at this time of year but I'm not. I reckon this is one of the biggest, most interesting years for politics for a long time. Here’s why: continue reading Posted by Duncan O'Leary on 3rd January 2008
• everyday democracy video happy new year. On January 31st 2008 we will launch the Everyday Democracy Index for Europe.  In the meantime, to whet your appetite, here's a 4 minute refresher on everyday democracy.  it's not easy crunching a policy pamphlet into four watchable minutes, so some of the subtlety may have been lost here, for which I apologise, but hopefully you get the gist.   continue reading 1st January 2008 in The Everyday Democracy Index
• top of the demos christmas tree yup, Their Space: education for a digital generation is the top Demos download of 2007, clocking nearly 60,000 downloads. continue reading Posted by Charlie Tims on 21st December 2007
• Podcast: The Dreaming City/Glasgow 2020 Glasgow 2020 was a project to imagine the future of Glasgow through storytelling, wish-making and a series of discussions with people across Glasgow. I know this sounds cheesy, but we tried to focus on 'imagination' rather 'consultation'. The project trod a thin dividing line between political representation, and cultural expression. Basically i'm not sure if a load of stories, wishes and discussions can be considered to democratically 'represent' the entire populous of a city, but at the very... continue reading Posted by Charlie Tims on 21st December 2007 in Demos Podcasts
• Highs and lows Everyone else is doing lists of the highs and lows of 2007, so how about a participative Demos version? continue reading 20th December 2007 Comments (3)
• Sober Assessment Last night Sir Richard Mottram, the former Permanent Secretary, Security, Intelligence and Resilience at the Cabinet Office gave a lecture on Building a national security architecture for the twenty-first century. It was a sober assessment of the Government's achievements and an interesting insight into where ‘improvement’ is needed. You can read the speech here. continue reading Posted by Charlie Edwards on 19th December 2007
• Waiting for Panto... The new extension to Coventry's Belgrade Theatre was opened in September of this year.  It was designed by the architectural practise, Stanton Williams, the firm behind Compton Verney, the refurbishment of the RSA, the Tower Environs Scheme at Tower Hill and several other major projects of recent years.We have just published a review of the theatre in this week's Architectural Journal.  It's registration only site I'm afraid.  However, very briefly, we examined the theatre from... continue reading Posted by Joost Beunderman Samuel Jones on 17th December 2007
• QDOS The FYI pamphlet was big on the need for ideas that can help people manage their personal information - and the trail of information we leave behind us that is often called our 'digital footprint'. That tells other people a lot about the kind of things a person likes and, ultimately, the sort of person they are.
  
  So I thought it was worth mentioning Garlik's new tool 'QDOS', which looks like a really interesting and accessible way to start thinking about, and managing, that digital footprint... continue reading Posted by Peter Bradwell on 13th December 2007 in For Your Information

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