Insight article

As the final series of Game of Thrones hits the screens, Insight looks at the soft power of invented worlds.

Images of Notre-Dame on fire have brought home the importance of the building as a symbol, of cultural heritage in general, and of the vital need to protect that heritage.

Insight reports on the connections between culture and politics in a nation where the two are inextricably linked.

Alison Baily looks at the findings of a new report examining the value of culture in post-conflict recovery.

Alison Baily explores new research exploring the role of education in conflict and recovery.

UK universities are global players with local responsibilities. We look at the tensions this can cause and what they can and are doing to alleviate them.

Alison Baily reviews Ronald Inglehart’s work on ‘cultural evolution’.

Insight looks at the aftermath of the fire that recently devastated the Brazilian National Museum, to ask what lessons can be learned.

A new report calls for closer alignment of the UK’s aid spending with its foreign policy goals.

A discovery in the British Council’s archives throws new light on its relationship with Orwell.