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Why do we make?
“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people because they created.”William Morris Chair from Perch, Sarah Myerscough Gallery. Two recent visits to exhibitions prompted me…
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Writing Forward
Picasso: “Le Journal” (1955) One of the challenges I need to consider in developing my writing is how to reveal more about myself and tell more stories. The fact that I keep trying to do this, and keep referring to…
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Cleaning and leadership
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about how several women from history and mythology have inspired how I think about leadership. This time…
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The only way out is through
This thought has been milling around in my mind for some time now. What resonates with me is how it illustrates the way we make…
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Two remarkable women, two very different exhibitions
Reflections on exhibitions celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Leonora Carrington, and what they reveal about creativity, reinvention and artistic legacy. Last week I visited two very…
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Beyond Bedlam: Richard Dadd, Creativity and the Power of Nature
As Chair of Maudsley Charity, I was invited to the Royal Academy’s exhibition ‘Beyond Bedlam’, exploring the life and work of Richard Dadd. Best known today for his extraordinary paintings, Dadd experienced a psychotic episode while travelling through Egypt, Syria…
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Courage and pragmatism: keeping EDI at the heart of the university
On Wednesday 25 March, I was pleased to take part in a panel on Courage and Pragmatism at the Advance HE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference. Chaired by Alistair Jarvis, CEO of Advance HE, the session brought together a range…
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International Women’s Day – Madame Gres
In the run up to International Women’s Day I’ve been thinking about those women who have achieved much not just in their chosen field, but…
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Genuinely novel: 10 years of the Goldsmiths Prize
The Goldsmiths Prize is now in its tenth year, and on the occasion of the awards ceremony last week, I was prompted to reflect on…
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Frances Corner – TEDx Talk Video
As promised, my TEDx talk that I performed as part of TEDx Whitehall ‘Don’t tell me fashion is frivolous’ is now online.For my talk, I…
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