West Indies: Heroes and a time for Hope
Quaking in their boots? There's no ducking this one, West Indies in the 1970s and 80s were the greatest ever cricket team. Opening up,...
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Eddie Hewitt
Aug 16, 20176 min
Snowdonia: There's Lovely Isn't It
Taking the Welsh Cultural High Ground August 2017 and time for a British Summer holiday. I’ve wanted to visit Snowdonia and North Wales...
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Eddie Hewitt
Oct 19, 20165 min
Oscar Wilde - In Profile
“And each man kills the thing he loves, By each let this be heard, Some do it with a bitter look, Some with a flattering word. The coward...
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Eddie Hewitt
Oct 19, 20165 min
Prison Culture: Inside Reading Gaol
There are some buildings that maintain an ominous presence on the landscape long after they have served their original purpose. Reading...
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L. Wells and V. Willis
Sep 18, 20169 min
Comprehending Calais
In this first guest article for Connected Cultures, Laura Wells and Victoria Willis present a fascinating and moving insight into the...
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Eddie Hewitt
Aug 29, 20165 min
Greece 3. A Tour of Crete
In the third and final part of my Greek trilogy, I’d like to bring you some reflections on life as a tourist in Crete, the geography,...
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Eddie Hewitt
Aug 29, 20165 min
Greece 2. My Favourite Myths
Another area of exploration in an ever-expanding Connected Cultures portfolio. This time we are connecting with Ancient Culture and Greek...
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Eddie Hewitt
Aug 28, 20166 min
Greece 1. Modern Day Olympic Challenges
2016 and what a wonderful Olympic year. Oh to have been in Rio during August. The next best place for me to be was Greece, birthplace of...
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Eddie Hewitt
May 18, 20163 min
Jeanette Winterson - author feature
I first came across Jeanette Winterson when I was touring Scotland in 1990. I rather stumbled across her halfway through a book-reading...
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Eddie Hewitt
Dec 1, 20153 min
Fun With Flags - NZ Style
Viewers of The Big Bang Theory will be familiar with Sheldon Cooper’s ‘Fun With Flags’ video blog in which he regularly waves his quirky...
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Eddie Hewitt
Dec 1, 20153 min
New Zealand
I have always wanted to emigrate to New Zealand. I have long wondered if the Antipodes is where I belong. Maybe it’s the distance that...
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Eddie Hewitt
Nov 14, 20155 min
Six Stories and an Essay by Andrea Levy – A review, part two
The Stories This is an ultra-slim volume of just 120 pages, 94 of which contain the stories, all set in large type. At first glance this...
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Eddie Hewitt
Oct 31, 20155 min
Six Stories and an Essay by Andrea Levy - a review, part one.
Back to My Own Country (an essay) Today, “Everyone is used to a mixture of cultures”, Andrea Levy asserts. In contrast, again according...
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Eddie Hewitt
Sep 6, 20154 min
Vincent Kompany
Culture and sport are sometimes thrown together, so it won’t come as a total surprise to see an international footballer appearing on...
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Eddie Hewitt
May 1, 20156 min
Essentially English
Essentially English The English cultural identity is really quite hard to define. We are part of a collective; an assimilation of...
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Eddie Hewitt
Apr 23, 201510 min
British to the Core
British to the Core In 2015, leading up to the General Election… ...with the Conservatives committed to offering Britain a chance to...
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Eddie Hewitt
Dec 31, 20145 min
Subjects That Matter
A few days ago I read the now infamous piece on mental slavery by Ben Okri. It seemed to make sense at the time. So I tweeted a link to...
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Eddie Hewitt
Nov 27, 20142 min
Emeli's Version of Events
Emeli Sandé represents much that is dear to Connected Cultures. Born in Sunderland to an English mother and a Zambian father, brought up...
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Eddie Hewitt
Nov 24, 20143 min
Connected Cultures - A Creative Approach
Connected Cultures – A Creative Approach Culture takes many forms. My preference is for creative culture, often with a thought-provoking...
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Eddie Hewitt
Nov 2, 20144 min
Intersectionality
Intersectionality I find myself sitting in the junior common room at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). The October...
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