Sentences with phrase «british cultural figures»

With over 30 unique performances of W. B. Yeats» epic poetry by leading Irish and British cultural figures, Geldof argues why Yeats and his circle built the cultural scaffolding of a modern, pluralist Ireland but was pushed aside by the narrow - minded Catholic elite of the new Free State — the «Banana Republic» that Geldof in turn rebelled against half a century later.

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I still believe, as I put it in chapter two, that «software», not «hardware» — the long, slow waves of cultural change, not the more obvious technological and economic changes that figure so prominently in public debate and academic social science — hold the key to the British predicament; that our ills form an interdependent system or, in medical language, a «syndrome»; and that they reflect the bewilderment and disorientation of a people who have forgotten the history that shaped them, and who therefore no longer know who they are.

His films, a collage of found footage and Fowler's own recordings, have documented the work of British counter cultural figures including Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing and composer Cornelius Cardew.

The first feature length documentary on the work of British - Ghanaian architect David Adjaye, «Collaborations» features interviews with Adjaye's collaborators, a roster of influential figures in the art and cultural world, and examines a significant number of his architectural projects, including public buildings, residential houses, artist studios and exhibition spaces globally situated and developed over the past fifteen years.

Concierge says Black has entertained many prominent guests at the estate, including British royals, world statesmen and many well - known entertainers and cultural figures.