Loving congrats to winners – but warning to ACE: Excellence is not the monopoly of NPOs!

I sat on the train back to Yorkshire yesterday, obsessively tweeting to see the NPO results. We are currently an RFO and have been for ten years. But, as an ‘umbrella organisation’ working… Continue reading →

In Smart Company – making the vision real

In Smart Company is CIDA’s Innovation service (www.insmartcompany.com) – and I just wanted to celebrate and mark the completion of some work we have just finished with a quite extraordinary range of clients!… Continue reading →

In memoriam: Jack Phipps CBE 1926 – 2010

Jack ran the Arts Council’s Touring department during most of the period that I was running theatres. He was inspiring – one of the few people of whom that word may be used… Continue reading →

Bilbao – Bizkaia Creaktiva, Creativity Zentrum – and UKTI – such joy!

Highlights and thoughts from the recent Creative Industries conference in Bilbao

Harare – first impressions:

Sunday 24 May 2009:  It is simply humbling to be here in Harare – despite everything that’s happened, life goes on – in the city, and of course outside the city it will… Continue reading →