A performer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (image credit www.theedinburghblog.co.uk)
A new British Council report, 'Influence and Attraction: Culture and the Race for Soft Power in the 21st Century', discusses global trends in cultural relations and soft power. Anne Bostanci explains.
Aung San Suu Kyi and the British Ambassador on the second day of the Irrawaddy Festival (image courtesy of the author)
Lucas Stewart is an English teacher at the British Council Burma. He writes about the British Council's support of the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, the first international literary festival in Burma, and how Burmese writers are embracing freedom of expression.
Indian Jubilee Scholars on the staircase inside 10 Downing Street (image credit: Frank Noon)
Shubhangi Harsha is studying an MSc in computing at Imperial College London on a Jubilee Scholarship. He writes about visiting Number 10 Downing Street with his fellow Jubilee Scholars.
Marc Quinn work (image credit: Anton Galetskiy)
Paul de Quincey, director of the British Council in Russia, writes about UK artist Marc Quinn's exhibition, 'The Big Wheel Keeps on Turning' at the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow.
American flag (Image credit: buggolo via Flickr Creative Commons)
Paul Smith, who is director of the British Council USA, writes about his first impressions of the United States on the day of the presidential election.
The British Council is the UK’s international cultural organisation. Read about the work we’re doing building relationships between the UK and other countries through our work in Arts, English, Education and Society.
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