Performing Arts
To Smoke or not to Smoke? That is the question!
The issues surrounding the banning of smoking in public and the more recent flurries about banning on-stage smoking have been…
Artists with borders
After September 11 and the ensuing ‘war on terror’, the United States and many of its Western allies went into…
Artists clustered around creative industries
In the past artists were supported and directed by patrons. Today it is clients and arts boards that dictate an…
A necessary refuge
One would be hard pressed to look at any of the world’s media sources nowadays without coming across a story…
Victory for abusive artists
On the evening of January 31st, 2006 the Blair government suffered a shock defeat over its plans to combat racial…
Purple Heart Poetics
April is National Poetry Month in the United States. We don’t have a national book, or national painting, or national…
Swapping violence for viola
When you think of words synonymous with Palestine, ‘music’ and ‘violin’ are probably not ones that spring to mind. But…
Art Of Africa
When the African nation of Senegal plays host to the upcoming 3rd World Festival Of Black Arts, it will be…
Firework spectacular
It's been written that gunpowder is the 'explosive that changed the world' and whilst that phrase is more of a…
In the future TV is more than just TV
In the 20th century TV transformed entertainment. In the 21st century TV itself is undergoing transformation as it struggles to…