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How your anxiety is affecting your creativity
'Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity', wrote TS Eliot. But modern research shows the relationship is much more complicated.
How to get your blog into print
Between blogger and published author, there is a gulf but it can be breached.
What’s lost when we photograph life instead of experiencing it?
Images are taking over our lives, but at what cost?
The art of video game writing
From solo wordless adventure stories to story-heavy adventures created by a team, gaming writing requires a unique set of skills
Punk's legacy, 40 years on
Punk spoke urgently when it first broke in the Seventies. Four decades on, what remains of the movement's anger and…
The truth about creative personalities
Mad genius? Lonely eccentric? Attention seeker? We debunk the myths in search of the real creative personality.
'We are not heroes. We are not victims. We are contemporary artists.'
Making theatre under the last dictatorship in Europe is a dangerous political act.
Is Berlin a bubble about to burst?
Artists and dealers from all over the world have been fuelled by this international creative hub but is the Berlin…
Finding the theatre in the politics
A bricklayer at a barbie held the key to turning the tragedy of asbestos into Dust, a dramatic case study…
Survival should never be the aim
Lisa Havilah explains why cultural institutions should be radical and participatory, and shares her secrets to success.