Arts First Podcast
@ArtsFirstUK
We challenge the contemporary view of the arts as tools for social change; fight for freedom of expression; explore what is unique and special about the arts.
Orthodox Christan Mosaic choir singing Praznic Luminos (Romanian Christmas Carol). We spoke to choir leader Margaret Haig in part III of our Christmas Carols special, available at artsfirst.uk youtube.com/watch?v=kNKybZ…
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Praznic Luminos (Romanian Christmas Carol)
#ArtnetNews: Why this cryptic masterpiece became a touchstone of Finnish culture. Painted more than a century ago by Finnish artist Hugo Simberg, "The Wounded Angel" still remains a mystery. Read more: bit.ly/3L2p3TC
"since its foundation the @britishmuseum has used global networks created by imperial expansion to collect objects, with a view to comparing human cultures the world over, noting not only their creative diversity, but also what they share in common." telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/2…
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How to help our former colonies without embarrassing ourselves
The British Museum’s ‘cultural diplomacy’ can assist India in showing how it was a cradle of civilisation
Glad to contribute to @bbcradio4 #moralmaze programme, going out tonight. The issue for me was not whether anyone knows the truth. But whether we love it, submit to it, look towards its divine horizon. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Part II of our 'Story of the Christmas Carol’ looks at its folk origins and we speak Emma Waghorn from the folk choir Pielarks and Jeff Dent, founder of ‘Traditional Carols in London ’. Parts III and IV out later today! Please share. open.substack.com/pub/artsfirst/…
The Story of the Christmas Carol. P1. open.substack.com/.../the-story-…... "We explore the history and traditions of the great Christmas carol, how the carol emerged, has been shaped by different influences and communities, and how they continue to change." Parts 2-4 out next week.
I woke up this morning to a heartening review of my pamphlet, “The Freedom to Blaspheme”, published by Academy of Ideas 😊 Thank you for your review Natas H. Korpus. Why not buy a copy as a Christmas stocking filler for a friend? 🎄 Review in comments 👇🏾
The Arts Council has been totally humiliated – heads should roll. The report "highlights the politicisation of art under ACE, and that access to art was being pursued in an “instrumentalist” way." telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-t…
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The Arts Council has been totally humiliated – heads should roll
Baroness Hodge’s report has sensibly demolished ACE’s bewildering strategy. Now the real work begins
Episode 35. Losing count of episodes, but this latest is one of our favourites. The amazing @barbjungr in conversation, talking about music, song, influences, Stockport, Memphis, Etta James, Worthing and much more. Please listen and share. artsfirst.substack.com/p/e35-barb-jun…
NB you do NOT have to have purchased your copy from Amazon to do this.
Very important piece by @amwilson_opera thecritic.co.uk/a-discipline-i…
An angry article, but people should think hard about how and why the mighty universities are seen by some to have fallen. And the responsibility of those who run them and others who work at them. KCL was once one of the most highly regarded of all universities, after Oxbridge.
King’s College London Has Ceased to Be a University dailysceptic.org/2025/11/19/kin…
Apparently, free speech does not align with the ‘values’ of Rich Mix We’re working flat-out to find a new venue, so please bear with us At least they’re proving our point…
OUR FREE-SPEECH DOCUMENTARY HAS BEEN CANCELLED THE RICH MIX CINEMA HAS BANNED OUR PREMIERE, BECAUSE OUR FILM DOES NOT ALIGN WITH ITS ‘VALUES’. You would think that banning a documentary about free speech would be a bad look for a cultural institution. But that’s precisely what…
I write about Lawrence Lek and the Sinopresent. And about art in churches after the Reformation.
@TheCriticMag Christmas double issue has gone to press: bumper book reviews + Ben Barry @MarkJLittlewood @amanda_spielman Jonathan Glancey @patrick_kidd @verdur_in @NLebrecht @WalkerMarcus @stephenpollard @HenryGJeffreys @alexlarman @sarahditum Subscribe thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com
'What does post-woke art look like?' How will a post-woke age affect the contemporary art world? Will new styles emerge in this new landscape – or did the roots of artistic stagnancy lie in something deeper? @acadofideas @jjcharlesworth_ @verdur_in artsfirst.substack.com/p/what-does-po…
My article on Caren Garfen's Fabricated? exhibition at the National Holocaust centre and Museum, Nottinghamshire. leftlion.co.uk/features/2025/… @LeftLion @CarenGarfen @HolocaustCentUK @ArtsFirstUK
Scottish education matters - even if you're not in Scotland Ahead of the @ScotUnionEd conference in Glasgow, Stuart Waiton shows how everyone in the UK should learn about the disasters of Scotland's content-lite, ideology-enforcing education system (link 👇)
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