Emma West

The Arts League of Service on BBC Radio 3

15th Jun 202215th Jun 2022 Emma WestLeave a comment

A postcard of the Arts League of Service in front of their van, early 1920s

This week I discussed the Arts League of Service Travelling Theatre with Shahidha Bari and guests on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking.

Rural Britain and Everyday Modernism

11th May 202215th Jun 2022 Emma WestLeave a comment

A black and white wood engraving which shows a man and a dog walking through a forest to get to a village pub. They are surrounded by trees and fields.

I’m taking part in a panel on ‘Rural Britain and Everyday Modernism’ at this year’s British Association for Modernist Studies’ conference, Hopeful Modernisms.

Keynes & the Arts Council on Radio 3

9th Mar 202215th Jun 2022 Emma WestLeave a comment

I recently spoke to Anne McElvoy and guests on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking about the economist John Maynard Keynes's work for the early Arts Council. Image: John Maynard Keynes and Lydia Lopokova by Walter Bennington, NPG x90117 © National Portrait Gallery, London.

New Generation Thinkers

9th Dec 20219th Dec 2021 Emma WestLeave a comment

A black and white photograph of a crowd gathered outside a village hall in 1922

This week I was delighted to be shortlisted for the BBC Radio 3 and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)’s New Generation Thinkers scheme, which gives arts and humanities researchers the chance to turn their research into programmes for BBC radio.

Welcome

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Revolutionary Red Tape is a five-year research project funded by the British Academy and led by Dr Emma West. It explores how pioneering public servants, artists and administrators worked to increase public access to the arts in modern Britain. I'll be sharing research, news and updates on this blog as I go along.