Here are some wonderful observations from Tudor from Romania, another story celebrating the UK’s multiculturalism and openness. He writes beautifully about how his experience of living in the UK has made him open to others and how creative it is that we have so many different cultures living side by side,. I […]
Month: August 2016
Putting together the traditional and the contemporary combining a UK and African perspective
Please see below some wonderful art from Robert Bakama, an artist from Uganda who uses traditional embroidery techniques inherited from his family with a contemporary feel. This seems to me a great example of how blending cultures creates something new and different.
Surprised?
I thought I might add something today about the different ways the English express surprise. I thought about this as a friend asked why a place was called ‘Stone the Crows’. It sounds very strange unless you know what the phrase means. The word ‘I was surprised’ from your manager generally means they are cross […]