MUSING ON CULTURE
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 ...
Tuesday, 19 August 2025

Is Culture responding...?

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Público journalists Daniel Dias and Mariana Duarte wrote an article entitled "Is culture in Portugal responding to what's happening...
Thursday, 31 July 2025

What does the National Theatre have to do with this?

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Today's article in the Portuguese newspaper Público, in English .
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