Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the UK
October 2016: Gender equality in the UK, from the perspective of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
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Asking the questions Google can’t answer
Alistair MacDonald reports on the highlights of the 3rd biennial International Culture Summit – including the UK Government’s promise to ratify the Hague Convention on cultural protection.
Remembering and forgetting the Somme
The UK’s memory of the Western Front is not matched by understanding of the war’s causes, its world-wide nature, or the ways events of 100 years ago still resonate today.
Heritage – shaping future societies
As British Council launches its Cultural Protection Fund to protect cultural heritage at threat from destruction, Stephen Stenning explains why it matters so much to preserve heritage.
Scottish enlightenment
As the Edinburgh Festival approaches, Alistair MacDonald explains how the city became a centre of world culture and the lessons about openness that can be learned from its golden age.
The power of fashion
London Fashion Week underlines the UK's strength in fashion. We look at what clothing does for the UK's influence and prosperity and the enduring links between fashion and soft power.
Language Trends 2015/2016
March 2016: This report charts the health of language teaching in England.
Voices of dialogue: Talking to terrorists (and others)
A book of essays looks at the power of dialogue in times of insecurity and conflict and suggests that engagement has never been more important.
Lessons from Ukraine
Ukraine looks towards a European future but first the country must transform its education system and support its universities in exile. The UK can do much more to help.
Churchill, culture and soft power
50 years after his death, a report examines the lessons that tomorrow's world leaders can learn from a statesman who understood the power of persuasion.