Damascus
Elizabeth White, British Council Country Director Syria, writes about working in a turmoil-ridden country and why she is committed to continuing.
As Antony Gormley’s new exhibition, Still Standing, opens at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Paul de Quincey, British Council Director Russia, blogs from the press conference.
The World Shakespeare Festival launched this week with the news that artists from all over the world will perform together in a UK-wide festival next year, and amongst them a troupe from Afghanistan. In fact the Afghan actresses and actors gave our Country Director in Afghanistan, Paul Smith, a taste of
Martin Davidson, British Council CEO, blogs about a very busy two weeks. For all of us the attack on our offices on 19 August was deeply traumatic but of course, most of all, for all our colleagues in Kabul.
Jo Stewart, a British Council English teacher, reflects on her experiences taking part in the English Together summer school in Israel earlier this year. If you travel up the coastal road from Tel Aviv to Haifa, just north of Caesarea, and take a right onto Route 70, you’ll find yourself in the Carmel mountain ranges.
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