John Howkins is a partner in The Creativity Group, deputy chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council, and the UK representative of the Transatlantic Dialogue on Broadcasting and the Information Society (TADOBATIS) which brings together leading US and European policy makers. Among his books are Understanding Television, Four Global Scenarios for Communication and The Creative Economy.
openAwakening in conjunction with the University of East London is organizing a three-part event series on ‘The Tahrir Square Meme’ to be held at UEL's Dockland Campus.
Our first event is Rap and the Arab Spring.
Read Anthony Barnett's lecture for the Raymond Williams Society and his foreword to the new edition of The Long Revolution:
The Long Revolution Raymond Williams
Jim Gabour Sunday Comics
James Warner Standing Perpendicular, as books do
Markha Valenta Inter Alia: religion, politics, culture
Paul Rogers on Global security
Li Datong on China from the inside
Mary Kaldor on Human security
Daniele Archibugi on Cosmopolitan democracy
