Truth to Power – the mother of reinvention

Last night at Theatre in the Mill, Bradford University, I presented this at the “Truth to Power Cafe”, a fascinating platform presented by Jeremy Goldstein of London Artists Projects. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting, but on building the new” – Socrates.  I haven’t checked the reference… […]

Truth To Power – time to build a culture of consent

This week I accepted an invitation. Jeremy Goldstein, Founder and Creative Director of London Artists Projects was putting on an event called ‘The Truth to Power Cafe’ and inviting volunteer participants to make 5 minute speeches in response to the question ‘Who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?’ […]

An Other Thing

If we’re going to challenge the patriarchy we’re going to rock the whole world.

This is about hope and unity. This is about love. This is about having ‘more in common’. This is about removing blame and always being kind. This is about building communities where no-one is the ‘other’.

Why ‘Arts For All’ is important and we shouldn’t wait 50 years to support it

Today is the anniversary of Jennie Lee’s White Paper on arts policy which stated that: “Only yesterday it was the fight for a free health service. The day before it was the struggle to win education for all … In any civilised community the arts and associated amenities, serious or comic, light or demanding, must […]