Saturday, 14 March 2026
Has it become "essential" to control Culture?
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My article in the Portuguese newspaper "Público" regarding Culture being considered "non essential" by politicians at ...
Sunday, 1 February 2026
Canaries in the coalmine and democracy fitness
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Dedicated to good friends and colleagues in Leiria, Coimbra, Figueira da Foz. Greek columnist Thodoris Georgakopoulos wondered how do we, t...
Monday, 29 December 2025
A culture of revolution and some old-fashioned values
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Kristin Cabot’s sad, self-aware, penetrating look in a photo in The New York Times reminded me of two things: how upset I felt last summer w...
Thursday, 18 December 2025
Wishing for peace
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Nemo, 2024 Eurovision winner (Copyright AP Photo) A few days ago, regarding Donald Trump's abhorrent reaction to the murder of film dire...
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Hope lies in the dark. Dignity lies in togetherness.
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Photograph: Jordi Boixareu/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (Taken from The Guardian) I believe that 2025 was nothing we could have im...
Saturday, 11 October 2025
Caring for the future
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My speech yesterday at Forum Esfera(s), organised by the University of Coimbra. Read here
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Are European cultural institutions immune to political pressure?
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A year and a half ago, I moderated a discussion with the then director of the American Library Association (ALA), Emily Drabinski, and with ...
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