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18 September 2015
How to...Educate Yourself Creatively Outside School and University
by Mary Strickson ContributorNot getting enough creativity from your school or university? Worry not, there are many different options that can help you unleash your creative potential.
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18 September 2015
So Here We Are at Hightide Festival
by Emily Steer Voice TeamLuke Norris has created a script for So Here We Are that is so tightly packed with laughs, that the ending — despite its inevitability — can't help but rip your guts out.
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17 September 2015
How Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour could save our beaten arts and culture
by Bhavesh Jadva Voice TeamIn short, he offers us more promise than we've seen for sixty years.
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17 September 2015
Being an apprentice
by Luke Taylor ContributorNot going to lie – being an apprentice is hard, especially if you've only just started out. BUT, if you are determined and persistent like me, then you'll do just fine. I'm currently starting my Gold Arts Award with Unit Twenty Three as the Projects Assistant, and so far it's going pretty well. So I'm going to provide some information on what it's like to be a new apprentice. Don't worry, you'll be fine. Trust me!
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16 September 2015
Technical Creativity: Using Practical Skills in the Arts
by Mollie Tuttle Youth NetworkCan technical skill and creative freedom really both be found in the same place?
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16 September 2015
The Danish Girl: do trans roles belong to trans actors?
by Bhavesh Jadva Voice TeamLast week, the first international trailer of the new film from Tom Hooper, the Oscar-machine director of The King's Speech and Les Misérables was released. His latest treat, The Danish Girl, is about one of the first people to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
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15 September 2015
Want my job?...with Esther Burns
by Emily Steer Voice TeamEsther Burns (Estie B) is a British artist, who created a film for ROH Bridge, about the status of art in UK schools and wider life.
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14 September 2015
Can young people fully understand the importance of arts in our current system?
by Meridith Dickin Youth NetworkArts education is not effective in demonstrating the value of the arts to young people.
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14 September 2015
Joe Craig on creativity
by Tom Inniss Voice TeamMusician, screenwriter and author of the Jimmy Coates series talks about creative processes
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14 September 2015
Minecraft as an art
by Tom Inniss Voice TeamCould the block style sandbox game stimulate creativity and allow children to easily create individual utopias?
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12 September 2015
Top news of the week... 12th September 2015
by Tom Inniss Voice TeamThe most important arts and media stories of the week
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11 September 2015
Have art colleges lost their creativity?
by Meridith Dickin Youth NetworkWith regimented marking criteria and a certain element of 'box ticking', do art colleges still offer creative freedom?
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11 September 2015
Random Acts Midlands First Blog
by Julie ColmanHello and welcome to our first Random Acts Voicebox blog! In this space we hope to post all the latest updates about this brilliantly exciting new project along with clips and stills from the shoots as well as blogs from our young artists and filmmakers about the experience.
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10 September 2015
The Scourge of SeaWorld: how Harry Styles did what Blackfish couldn’t
by Bhavesh Jadva Voice TeamSeaWorld, in the same week it welcomed a new baby manatee to its waters, has bowed to pressure and announced it will no longer accept stolen whales from the wild in its world famous parks.
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10 September 2015
Apple announces new devices
by Tom Inniss Voice TeamPrepare your wallets - the annual Apple iPhone event has arrived, with iPads, iPhones and set-top boxes to tantalise and tempt you.
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10 September 2015
Creative Minds: exploring disability arts in the UK
by Lisa WolfeI love DV8 physical theatre. My partner loathes them. Who is right?
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10 September 2015
2015 Apple iPhone launch liveblog
by Tom Inniss Voice TeamThe annual Apple iPhone event happened last night, and @tominniss was livetweeting the whole thing. Read his coverage of the launch below.
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10 September 2015
What goes on at... Creativity, Culture and Education
by Emily Steer Voice TeamCreativity, Culture and Education are an organisation who help children to develop their creativity, growing on their current education. We chatted to Chief Executive, Paul Collard to find out more...