“The arts are an even better barometer for what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress…” Henrik Wilem Von Loon I was speaking with an acquaintance of mine a few days ago (I was also wracked with nerves as I was about to […]

Travelling on a bus may not be the most pleasant experience, but it can certainly be intriguing. When two young girls, aged about ten and six, got on the bus with their mother, I prepared myself for annoying and squabbling children for the rest of my journey. Instead, I found […]

As thousands of people receive the results of their summer exams, be it GCSEs, A-levels or Degrees, the focus of success centres around the single letter or number printed on a sheet of paper, that presumes to measure how much a person has learnt. This raises questions about how we […]