Connected Cultures

Quaking in their boots? There's no ducking this one, West Indies in the 1970s and 80s were the greatest ever cricket team. Opening up,...

Taking the Welsh Cultural High Ground August 2017 and time for a British Summer holiday. I’ve wanted to visit Snowdonia and North Wales...

“And each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward...

There are some buildings that maintain an ominous presence on the landscape long after they have served their original purpose. Reading...

In this first guest article for Connected Cultures, Laura Wells and Victoria Willis present a fascinating and moving insight into the...

In the third and final part of my Greek trilogy, I’d like to bring you some reflections on life as a tourist in Crete, the geography,...

Another area of exploration in an ever-expanding Connected Cultures portfolio. This time we are connecting with Ancient Culture and Greek...

2016 and what a wonderful Olympic year. Oh to have been in Rio during August. The next best place for me to be was Greece, birthplace of...

I first came across Jeanette Winterson when I was touring Scotland in 1990. I rather stumbled across her halfway through a book-reading...

Viewers of The Big Bang Theory will be familiar with Sheldon Cooper’s ‘Fun With Flags’ video blog in which he regularly waves his quirky...

I have always wanted to emigrate to New Zealand. I have long wondered if the Antipodes is where I belong. Maybe it’s the distance that...

The Stories This is an ultra-slim volume of just 120 pages, 94 of which contain the stories, all set in large type. At first glance this...

Back to My Own Country (an essay) Today, “Everyone is used to a mixture of cultures”, Andrea Levy asserts. In contrast, again according...

Culture and sport are sometimes thrown together, so it won’t come as a total surprise to see an international footballer appearing on...

Essentially English The English cultural identity is really quite hard to define. We are part of a collective; an assimilation of...

British to the Core In 2015, leading up to the General Election… ...with the Conservatives committed to offering Britain a chance to...

A few days ago I read the now infamous piece on mental slavery by Ben Okri. It seemed to make sense at the time. So I tweeted a link to...

Emeli Sandé represents much that is dear to Connected Cultures. Born in Sunderland to an English mother and a Zambian father, brought up...

Connected Cultures – A Creative Approach Culture takes many forms. My preference is for creative culture, often with a thought-provoking...

Intersectionality I find myself sitting in the junior common room at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). The October...