Instead of only asking what economics can tell us about the value of cultural activities, maybe we should also ask what cultural activities can tell us about how to improve economics.
The Arab spring has cast Turkey back into the western fold and away from alternative alliance patterns which seemed to be in the pipeline only a few years ago. Turkey won't act in Syria without its western partners. Meanwhile it is the very incompleteness of the Turkish model which is of such inte
There are many candidates to savour, each of a singular beauty which defies a label, as our author turns away from the nightly news
The greatest concern with regard to EU criticism aimed at influencing the political course of Hungary is that without a good understanding of the political realities, even the best intentions may unintentionally play into the hands of Jobbik. Meanwhile Government statements are meant to convince t
On British government responses to migrant children
The London-based utopian librarian returns to endure management prose and to imagine the wonders of a labour-saving, shelf-stacking robo-picker. Throw in a Dickens bi-centennial celebration, a bargain-hunting council and the "the old ethnics" to understand the surreal world of public services that
Development and peace in Ethiopia are hampered by a poor social network infrastructure, low trust between the people and the government and low trust between ethnic groups. Conventional cultural unity would harmonise a peace by strengthening the psychological attachments between Ethiopians.
Come and hear about hip hop - whose goal is to bring people together outside of violence in the Arab uprisings
