England, finally
Things like this never happen to England. Or rather, they never happen for England. But we have just won the Cricket World Cup. Oh my!...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 10, 2019
- 6 min
Richard II
Women of the world unite and...fight? Review: Shakespeare's Globe, 5th March 2019 I cannot recall exactly when, but at some point I gave...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 10, 2019
- 7 min
The Story of England?
Probing nationality, race, gender and universality Much has been made of Richard as the great play about England. This seems rather bold....
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 31, 2018
- 9 min
Annual Awards 2018
The First Annual Connected Cultures Awards 2018 Recognising excellence, as perceived in the Connected Cultures world, defined by...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 31, 2018
- 4 min
Cultural Connectivity Awards
The Inaugural Connected Cultures Special Award for Cultural Connectivity 2018 With this award we are celebrating excellence in Cultural...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 23, 2018
- 5 min
Words of the Year 2018
Connected Cultures Favourites: A selective review of the year, focusing on the words, names and phrases that have found a special place...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 10, 2018
- 9 min
Racism in Othello
In my review of the production at the Globe Theatre in the autumn of 2018, I posited the theory that Othello is not essentially about...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 9, 2018
- 10 min
Becoming Dazzled
Part 3 of a special 3 part feature on Michelle Obama’s historic conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in London: how we celebrated,...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 4, 2018
- 6 min
Becoming Disconcerted
Part 2 of a 3 part feature on the historic conversation between Michelle Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in London. Here: the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Dec 4, 2018
- 5 min
Becoming Excited
Part 1 of a special 3 part feature on the historic conversation between Michelle Obama and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in London. Here: the...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Aug 27, 2018
- 3 min
The African Play
When I booked tickets for Hamlet at the Hackney Empire I was expecting the play to fall somewhere within the Conjectured Cultures brief,...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Aug 4, 2018
- 7 min
Portugal
Cultural connections in the Land of the Frango Summer 2018. Time for one last vacational fling on the continent where I still belong, but...
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Eddie Hewitt
- May 21, 2018
- 5 min
Clemantine Wamariya
In profile In mid-May, to launch her book The Girl Who Smiled Beads in the UK, Clemantine was at Foyles in Charing Cross Road, an...
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Eddie Hewitt
- May 21, 2018
- 5 min
The Girl Who Smiled Beads
by Clemantine Wamariya Review As well as being an inspirational speaker and humanitarian, Clemantine Wamariya is a born storyteller. A...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 22, 2018
- 7 min
Ballet Black in profile
Connections and Opportunities Introduction “Ballet Black is Britain’s most diverse and daring ballet company. Not only do they open up...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Mar 22, 2018
- 5 min
Ballet Black at the Barbican
Review The Suit and A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream The Barbican, Friday 16th March 2018 "The course of true love never did run...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Feb 25, 2018
- 7 min
Black Panther - review
Essentially, Black Panther is a Marvel superhero film, and one of the best. But it transcends genre. It’s a fantasy adventure. A sci-fi...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Jan 14, 2018
- 5 min
Decline and Fall on stage and in society
Early Shakes Chancing his arm with a tragi-comedy, Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus early in his career after initially coming up with...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Nov 19, 2017
- 5 min
An anti-hero for our time
Contemporising Shakespeare Dressed for the occasion: Sope Dirisu as Coriolanus (RSC, via Twitter) “I would rather you just said ‘thank...
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Eddie Hewitt
- Aug 31, 2017
- 4 min
#ENGvWI Test Match Culture
Culture abounds at cricket matches. The three match series between England and West Indies is providing a marvellous opportunity for...
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