A photo fo the Scottish parliament building
September 2016

Asking the questions Google can’t answer

Alistair MacDonald reports on the highlights of the 3rd biennial International Culture Summit – including the UK Government’s promise to ratify the Hague Convention on cultural protection.

  • Arts and culture
  • Cultural heritage
  • Cultural relations
  • United Kingdom
  • Insight article
Soldiers at King's Cross station
July 2016

Remembering and forgetting the Somme

The UK’s memory of the Western Front is not matched by understanding of the war’s causes, its world-wide nature, or the ways events of 100 years ago still resonate today.

  • Peace and security
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • United Kingdom
  • Insight article
Photograph of hole where the Bamiyan Buddha used to be
July 2016

Heritage – shaping future societies

As British Council launches its Cultural Protection Fund to protect cultural heritage at threat from destruction, Stephen Stenning explains why it matters so much to preserve heritage.

  • Arts and culture
  • Cultural heritage
  • United Kingdom
  • Insight article
Photograph of two statues
July 2016

Scottish enlightenment

As the Edinburgh Festival approaches, Alistair MacDonald explains how the city became a centre of world culture and the lessons about openness that can be learned from its golden age.

  • Soft power
  • United Kingdom
  • Insight article
Image of world map
April 2016

British Council annual lecture 2016

In the British Council Annual Lecture, Sir Ciarán Devane discusses the importance of cultural connections, and some of his predictions for the big issues of tomorrow.

  • Cultural relations
  • Soft power
  • Insight article

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