Arts

The prison potter

He was blind and isolated, with nothing to do. But a pottery class has brought one inmate out of his cell

Alan Smith, Tuesday September 16 2008, The Guardian.
(This article is not simply about the power of art to transform the lives of disabled people, it also highlights the additional 'sentence' that disabled people can endure in the prison system, accordingly, it has been cross posted in the 'legal' page of 'In the News').



'It has to be right on the edge'

Has Love Productions' new show, marrying disability and fashion, taken the reality genre a step too far?

Maggie Brown, Monday June 30, 2008, The Guardian.


Able and willing
Ben Dowell, Monday March 24 2008, The Guardian.


Nothing Special exhibition
Gallery of pictures by young disabled people, March 12, 2008, The Guardian.


Limited model for disabled people

A television show offering disabled women the chance to become a model is likely to be a missed opportunity for the BBC, says Liz Carr

March 10, 2008, 'Joe Public', The Guardian.


Go ahead - take a good look

A top Bafta manager has admitted to feeling 'uncomfortable' with screening a movie made by and about disabled people. Rubbish, says disabled actor Mat Fraser. We need more films about 'freaks'

Friday February 15, 2008, The Guardian.


Disability issues hit the big screen

The X'08 festival brings together the best international films by disabled actors and directors, including comedies, dramas and a controversial documentary

Mark Drinkwater, Wednesday February 13 2008, Society Guardian.


Bafta faces backlash over withdrawal of disability film
James Macintyre, Friday, 8 February 2008, The Independent.


Arts centres protest over proposal to end grants
Arifa Akbar, Arts Reporter, Saturday, 22 December 2007, The Independent.


Disability: 'The last avant-garde movement'
Melvyn Bragg on the role of disability arts in the nation's cultural life
Melvyn Bragg, Tuesday December 11 2007, Society Guardian.