Venezuela
theartsdesk in Helsinki: Sunflowers By the Frozen BalticSunday, 25 April 2010![]() Venezuela's joyful musical education programme known as El Sistema is the phenomenon of the age, the success story that many western countries now seek to replicate. And that's great. But Britain, for a start, might re-engage its own back-to-basics... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Lucerne: Simón Bolívar Meets William TellSunday, 04 April 2010![]() Glaciers melted early this year when a Venezuelan army of well over 100 generals arrived in central Switzerland. The Swiss spring coincided with their visit, a gentle thaw with bees buzzing confusedly around the primroses, snowdrops and winter... Read more... |
The Cultural Highlights of the Decade, BBC OnlineFriday, 11 December 2009![]() This week the BBC News online magazine is running a Portrait of the Decade. Each day has brought a consideration of the words, the events, the people, the objects and, today, the cultural highlights of the decade. I was invited to consider those... Read more... |
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