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In this episode Sophie Hope talks with Owen Kelly about the manifesto that the Shelton Trust produced for the 1986 Another Standard Sheffield conference which attempted to add ideas about cultural democracy to the practice of community arts. Mayhem ensued...   Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse EPISODE 92 | NOVEMBER 6 | 2026    PARTICIPANTS SOPHIE HOPE | OWEN KELLY   COMMENTARY In July 1986 Anoth...

In the fourth episode for 2026 we listen to an episode of Bold Venture, a radio series from the early nineteen fifties to explore storylines, economics and the development of the means of distribution in the mid-twentieth century media industries.   Friday Number 5  EPISODE 23 | OCTOBER 30, 2026   HOST OWEN KELLY   COMMENTARY On months that have a fifth Friday we break from our normal schedule. Th...

This month Jo Gibson and Sophie Hope look at various roles that music therapy has played at Guildhall School of Music and Drama from the 1970s to the 2020s.   Echoes and the Unsaid  EPISODE 09 | SEPTEMBER 23 | 2026   HOSTS Jo Gibson | Sophie Hope   COMMENTARY The Music Therapy postgraduate programme at Guildhall School of Music and Drama was founded in 1967 by Juliette Alvin.   In this episode Jo...

In Episode 69 of A Culture of Possibility, François Matarasso and Arlene Goldbard interview Giorgio Bacchiega, Research Officer at Amateo and Director of the Milan’s Urban Peripheries Research Centre.   A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY EPISODE 69 | OCTOBER 16 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Giorgio Bacchiega | Arlene Goldbard | François Matarasso   COMMENTARY Amateo is the only European Network to promote and advoc...

In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of a wildly popular podcast called No Agenda, published under a Creative Commons licence. The podcast is hosted as always by Adam Curry, and this episode features Rob Dew as co-host. PARALLEL STREAMS EPISODE 10 | OCTOBER 9 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Adam Curry | Rob Dew | Owen Kelly   COMMENTARY Wikipedia says that “No Agenda is a podc...

In this episode Owen Kelly joins Sophie Hope for a detailed examination of the commons, and its possible relationship to ideas of cultural democracy.   Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse EPISODE 91 | October 2 | 2026    PARTICIPANTS Sophie Hope, Owen Kelly COMMENTARY In episodes 40 and 41, in 2020, Owen Kelly looked at cultural commons from a geographical and then an historical perspective. He at...

In this episode Jo Gibson and Sophie Hope continue their thread about the Performance and Communication Skills course at Guildhall. Echoes and the Unsaid  EPISODE 08 | AUGUST 28 | 2026   HOSTS Jo Gibson | Sophie Hope   COMMENTARY  Jo and Sophie talk to Saville Kushner, who evaluated the course in the 1980s, Peter Weigold the artistic director and Sean Gregory as a former student on the programme (...

In this episode of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso discuss some books that have inspired or delighted them and that listeners may enjoy.  A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY EPISODE 68 | SEPTEMBER 18 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Arlene Goldbard | François Matarasso   COMMENTARY On episode 68 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso talk about books that ha...

In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of a podcast from 2022. The series was called Open Minds and it ran for 21 episodes. It originated from the Creative Commons organisation and was therefore published under a Creative Commons licence.   PARALLEL STREAMS EPISODE 09 | SEPTEMBER 11 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Owen Kelly | Brigitte Vézina   COMMENTARY At the time of this pod...

Owen Kelly looks at a number of current events and relates them to the arguments that Sarah Wilson puts forward in her new book I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World.    Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse EPISODE 90 | September 5 | 2026    PARTICIPANT Owen Kelly   COMMENTARY Wendell Berry died this week at the age of 92, and so what I had planned for this episod...

We continue our exploration of social practice programmes and projects at Guildhall School of Music and Drama from the 1970s-2020s.  In this episode we hear from three alumni of the Performance and Communication Skills course.  Echoes and the Unsaid  EPISODE 08 | AUGUST 28 | 2026   HOSTS Jo Gibson | Sophie Hope   COMMENTARY  Sara Lee took the course in its first year, 1984, and recalls the formati...

In episode 67 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview Eric Booth, a founding leader of the global field of teaching artistry and in music for social impact. A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY EPISODE 67 | AUGUST 21 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Eric Booth | Arlene Goldbard | François Matarasso   COMMENTARY Eric Booth is a founding leader of the global field of teaching artistry...

In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we are hosting Episode 1 of Embodied Voice, a 3 part series produced by Queer Circle and Margomool that asks: How can queer and trans+ folks find routes to vocal embodiment?    PARALLEL STREAMS EPISODE 08 | AUGUST 14 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Sophie Hope | margomool   COMMENTARY  Queercircle are an LGBTQ+ led charity working at the intersection of arts, heal...

In the previous episode Sophie Hope and Owen Kelly examined James Agee and Walker Evans classic documentary book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men from several viewpoints: as a public art project, as ethnography, as literature, and as an historical document.  In this episode Owen Kelly uses this as the starting point for an argument that locates this, and the book USA, as crucial points on the road to...

In the third episode for 2026 we use Casablanca as an example to explore how and why hit movies transferred rapidly to radio..   Friday Number 5  EPISODE 22 | JULY 31 | SERIES 2026   CAST Cecil B deMille, Owen Kelly, Alan Ladd, Hedy Lamarr   COMMENTARY On months that have a fifth Friday we break from our normal schedule. This year, as we did in 2022, we delve into the history of radio to bring bac...

In July 2024 we interviewed the educator Peter Renshaw, who has been a huge influence on the development of socially engaged practice and research at Guildhall and the initiatives we’ve heard about in this podcast series so far: Leadership, PACE, The Institute for Social Impact Research in the Performing Arts and Disrupt.  Echoes and the Unsaid  EPISODE 07 | JULY 24 | 2026   HOSTS Jo Gibson | Soph...

On episode 66 of A Culture of Possibility, Arlene Goldbard and François Matarasso interview Paulo Lameiro, a musician, educator and musicologist, based in his hometown of Leiria, Portugal. A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY EPISODE 66 | JULY 17 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Arlene Goldbard | Paulo Lameiro | François Matarasso   COMMENTARY Paulo Lameiro is a portuguese musicologist, educator, communicator and creato...

In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of Cory Doctorow’s weekly podcast, in which he has a live (and lively) discussion with Angie Coiro about his new book The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI.   PARALLEL STREAMS EPISODE 07 | JULY 10 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Angie Coiro | Cory Doctorow | Owen Kelly   COMMENTARY Cory Doctorow’s website says that he “is a science f...

Sophie Hope recently read James Agee and Walker Evans classic documentary book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. She persuaded Owen Kelly to read it too, and in this episode they examine the book from several viewpoints: as a public art project, as ethnography, as literature, and as an historical document.   Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse Episode 88 | July 3 2026   PARTICIPANTS Sophie Hope and Ow...

In July 2024 we interviewed the educator Peter Renshaw, who has been a huge influence on the development of socially engaged practice and research at Guildhall and the initiatives we’ve heard about in this podcast series so far: Leadership, PACE, The Institute for Social Impact Research in the Performing Arts and Disrupt. Peter has written extensively on music, education and socially engaged pract...

On episode 65 of A Culture of Possibility, François Matarasso and Arlene Goldbard interview Clare Reynolds, codirector of Restoke, to find out what has happened since they last spoke to her in Episode 3.   A CULTURE OF POSSIBILITY EPISODE 65 | JUNE 19 | 2026   PARTICIPANTS Arlene Goldbard | François Matarasso | Clare Reynolds   COMMENTARY Clare Reynolds works as the codirector of Restoke, a commun...

In this month’s episode of Parallel Streams we listen to an episode of ART IS CHANGE, introduced by Bill Cleveland who created the long-running podcast. Each episode aims to bring you “deep into the lives and work of activist artists and cultural organizers who are doing more than dreaming — they’re transforming communities around the world.”   PARALLEL STREAMS EPISODE 06 | JUNE 12 | 2026   PARTIC...

Owen Kelly had intended to conclude his arguments about artificial intelligence this episode but he got sidetracked by a question that he decided to ask Claude Sonnet. Instead he ended up recording a conversation with Claude about the nature of the “thinking” and “feeling” that Claude does.   Meanwhile in an Abandoned Warehouse   EPISODE 87 | June 5, 2026    PARTICIPANTS Owen Kelly and Claude Sonn...

In the second episode of Friday Number Five for 2026 we embark on another journey through the golden age of radio, this time with William Conrad starring as Marshall Matt Dillon in a 1956 episode of Gunsmoke. Friday Number 5  EPISODE 21 | MAY 29, 2026   HOST Owen Kelly   COMMENTARY On months that have a fifth Friday we break from our normal schedule and produce something tangentially related to id...

Jo and Sophie talk to programme leaders, tutors, students and the administrator of the two-year postgraduate Leadership programme, which ran from 2007–2019 at Guildhall School of Music and Drama for musicians wanting to develop their practice in socially engaged settings. This constitutes episode 5 of a special series for miaaw.net about social practice programmes and projects at Guildhall School...