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• Talk Us Into It This report argues that people are not talking about public affairs less – the problem is that they are engaging less frequently in the means by which their conversation can become public. We need to reconnect these conversations with the public realm and bring back into discussion the interests that at the moment are so fragmented. from : markfuller 14th September 2006
• Louder than Words I've been meaning to blog this for a little while.  A couple of weekends ago, I went to a see an exhibition by the Birmingham artist, Barbara Walker.  It's currently on show at the Unit 2 Gallery at London Metropolitan University. There are two reasons to go and see this show.  First, the close draughtsmanship of the works reveals close observation and familiar care.  As a result, they are deeply engaging and clearly very personal images.  Scenes on the walk home,... from : samjones 1st December 2006
• Cultural Diplomacy Cultural Diplomacy argues that the huge global reach and potential of Britain’s world class artistic and cultural assets – from Razorlight to the Royal Ballet - should be at the heart of government relationship building abroad. from : markfuller 27th February 2007
• As You Like It On March 15 we will be launching a new Demos pamphlet As You Like It.  We will be joined for the launch by David Graddol, author of English Next and an expert on Global English.English has come to reflect the changing powers of globalisation.  It has become a global language, and this represents a huge shift in the UK’s relationship to the rest of the world.  As You Like It argues that where the UK once directed the spread of English, we are now just one of many... from : petebradwell 28th February 2007
• As You Like It Around the world, the way that English is used has come to reflect the changing powers of globalisation; it is spoken in different ways, by different people, for different purposes. The UK has developed an unsustainable complacency to its native tongue. Opportunity and influence remain tied to English, but As You Like It argues that native speakers are at risk of being left behind. from : markfuller 14th March 2007
• 300 and the Real World In Cultural Diplomacy, we talk about the defining characteristics of a new era in which 'the ability of individuals to reap the benefits of globalisation and connect with other people on a truly global level'.
  
  A similar situation is developing around the new film, 300. from : samjones 16th March 2007
• ...Or what you will Jamie has just pointed me in the direction of an article in Newsweek that chimes with As You Like It.  It's worth a look because it gives further examples to sit alongside those that we outlined in the pamphlet.For instance, it talks about the degree to which different governments around the world are pushing English learning 'recognizing that along with computers and mass migration, the language is the turbine engine of globalisation'.In another paragraph, the authors point out... from : samjones 27th March 2007
• Cultural Literacy We’re currently developing some work around the idea of cultural literacy. Both Cultural Diplomacy and As You Like It raised the need to focus on a new skill. Mass communication enables us to express and focus on individual interests to a greater degree than ever before and culture has come to the fore as a means by which, and space in which, we relate to each other. But do we have the skills with which we can make the most of this? Historians offer an insight onto what these skills might be. from : samjones 17th April 2007
• Food for thought There's a fascinating article in the Guardian today about Fish and Chips.  It charts the progress of 'cheap and simple' dish to its new-found status as a gourmet dish.  Plenty is bound up in the story of the fish and its relationship to the chip.  As the article points out, the dish's changing status tells us a lot about changing consumption habits in the UK today.  It can also tell us a good deal about the aesthetics of gentrification, a world in which 'scraps', formerly... from : samjones 20th July 2007
• Caring for the Material World Simon Jenkins wrote an article in Good Friday's Guardian in which he made the case that 'the dazzling walls of medieval England deserve a bold restorer'.  It's good to see conservation getting coverage. As discussion of identity intensifies, culture and heritage are increasingly being looked to as sources for that identity, and points around which we can commune.  However, what is often forgotten in this debate is that much of that culture and heritage exists only because it is cared... from : samjones 25th March 2008

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