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The finale of the Cultural Olympiad, starting in June 2012, includes a programme of theatre, dance, design, visual arts, literature, film and fashion.
Maurice Macartney narrates an audio blog of his visit to Sudan with the British Council’s Active Citizens programme in March 2011.
On her final day in South Sudan, Rosie Goldsmith visits Juba's Rock City.
Rosie Goldsmith meets the soldiers of the SPLA, learning English to change their lives.
Tilal Salih blogs about a meeting of musical minds in a reborn festival by the banks of the Nile
Tony Calderbank finds having an office in a nightclub makes life a lot more interesting.
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Join Rosie Goldsmith on a journey from Khartoum, capital of Sudan, to Juba, capital of South Sudan, the world’s newest country, where she'll be finding out about the British Council’s English For Development work.
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Follow the installation of the Future Memory Pavilion in Singapore, designed by architect Pernilla Ohrstedt and designer Asif Khan, both UK-based.
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