7th September 2015. Some art can sometimes show us that efficiency is often the least desirable option.

30th August 2015. A while back I was asked to write some music for a co-produced dance piece in which a large, well-known dance theatre w...

28th August 2015. As long as art, science, learning, teaching, relationships are entwined with ideas of status, prestige, reputation, pos...

22nd August 2015. One of the things that troubles me about 'gay marriage' (OK - it's just 'marriage' but you know what I mean), is that w...

19th August 2015. ‘She needs to get out of her comfort zone.’ ‘It was really good for me … it took me out of my comfort zone.’ ‘The magic...

17th August 2015. It seems like being ‘motivated’ is one of the cardinal virtues in the UK at the moment. Not to be motivated is usually ...

15th August 2015. For a long while and until recently I worked in many different situations where part of my job was to give feedback on ...

9th August 2015. There’s an interesting thing about playing as a musician in dance classes: you often get paid about a half to two thirds...

8th August 2015 The last two summers I’ve had to sign-on for job seeker’s allowance. It’s something I hadn’t had to do since the early ni...

31st July / 6th August 2015. When I was little my mum used to work cleaning the houses of rich people on the other side of the main road....

31st July 2015 I’ve been thinking lately about how the idea of serving someone else’s vision in the arts has a lot in common with some fo...

31st July 2015 Collaboration is a word that gets used a lot in the arts. Having over a long period of time been involved in many processe...

31st July 2015. One of the sad things I've noticed in the arts in recent times is the way in which the general lack of money can lead us ...

27th July 2015. For some reason the use of the word 'interrogation' in the context of artistic practice came to mind this morning. What a...

18th July 2015. I'm really bored with the notion that we should promote and support artistic 'excellence'. First of all it begs the quest...

15th July 2015. Aspirational Those who do not aspire to be better than they are Shall not be given of to eat Those who do not strive Shal...

29th June 2015. At the weekend, like millions of other people I coloured my FB profile picture with a 28th Rainbow and celebrated those a...

28th June 2015. Post-Pride Flotsam No:1. Just now, on the Central line on my way home from work: three young gay boys ... too much sun, t...

10th March 2015 Feeling ill today and also feeling not so good in my soul. Probably I've just got a virus, but it got me to thinking abou...

10th March 2015. Having a career as an artist, a scientist, an educator, an academic (please add as you see fit) ... is to me, a contradi...