Ok, very quickly, to mark this momentous day…
I don’t think I believe in heaven, though I wouldn’t write that doubt on the side of a bus. In recent times though – since my mum died I suppose – I've found it comforting to think that something hangs around. Certainly the books and recordings of Studs Terkel, the great Chicago-an oral historian, writer and broadcaster will live on for me as recording and exploring the kind of America I can believe in. He died last week. I hope he voted early, and I hope was hanging around Grants Park last night.
If you’re feeling emotional and optimistic for once, listen to this: Sam Cooke singing A change is gonna come.
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Thoughts and suggestions from Mark Robinson, (former) Executive Director of Arts Council England, North East
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I'm Mark Robinson and I used to work for Arts Council England, as Executive Director, North East, until March 2010. This was a space for me to share thoughts on arts policy, strategy and development and to show that people who work for the Arts Council, even Exec Directors, are not faceless, robotic bureaucrats. I now run Thinking Practice, a consultancy dedicated to helping arts and cultural organisations create a fairer and more beautiful world by increasing their impact and building resilience. I combine strategy and analysis - thinking - with doing, learning and coaching - practice.
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