
Access Arts at Brisbane provide support and encouragement so that people with disabilities can be involved at ever level of both corporate and community life.

The Romance of the Middle Ages’ an exhibition commencing January 28, 2012 at Oxford in England showcases manuscripts and early printed books containing romantic literature.

Do you Love2Read? 2012 in Australia is the National Year of Reading. Ensuring that Australians become a nation that loves to read is what it is all about. It’s also about boosting the literacy of children and adults, especially on a screen.

When the New York Times reported the death of Theodore C. Sorensen, close adviser and counselor to John F. Kennedy (JFK) for eleven years, In the scheme of things here in Australia in 2010 that may not mean very much to a large majority of people. However Ted Sorensen was the man who assisted JFK give form to his ideas, helped him to shape his personality and image and to forge a powerful legacy through the logic, sense and empowerment of his words. During his journey in the public spotlight JFK must certainly have been pleased to have Sorensen by his side. His was a talent that deserves to be applauded.

An exhibition at the National Gallery of London until February 5, 2012 concentrates on work produced during the period of his life spent in Milan when Ludovico Sforza sponsored him (1482 – 1499).

From its very beginnings in 1754 through to the current day, the RSA at London has remained relevant and at the forefront of social, economic, political and creative thinking. It has always been a catalyst for constructive, practical change, rather than change for change’s sake.

On our You Tube Channel you will find our mini-documentaries, which provide an insight into the evolution of art, design, music, fashion and style.

Already an Aussie Icon all we need now is for Clarke, Hammond and May to come down under and be given the funds to buy an old Aussie Ute, a quintessential Aussie Bloke’s accessory, to complete a Top Gear challenge.

For the English of the thirteenth century the signing of the Magna Carta was a huge step forward towards protecting the inalienable rights of man

At the Bodleian Library, Oxford in England is a selection showcasing rare musical works, verse and ephemera collected by a former ragtime pianist Walter Harding

It is time to cast off old thinking and embrace the new. 2012 is a great place to start formulating ideas that will help invent and innovate the future.

And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream* Celebrate the festive season with good cheer, a little wine and sweet words. This is the time to be thankful to your host, resolve to give joy to others and, to praise and celebrate [...]

Ardent socialist and playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) lived a life of literary criticism dealing sternly with prevailing social issues, but with a lightness of touch that made stark realities palatable. He said ‘Imagination is at the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will’. The 60′s was the age of those who dared to dream a dream and then went out and made it happen.

When TED2011 took place at Long Beach, California delegates were talking, playing and listening to music, enjoying comedy and dance and much much more. They were emailing, blogging, tweeting, eating and networking while enjoying caffeine-fueled conversation between the program’s many sessions.

What would you do to stimulate civic thinking and ask the hard questions about fundamental human and communal values? Did you know 1 in 10 Australians are living in poverty and 1 in 6 children too? Australia is a country, which likes to project to the world it is a success story and that we all enjoy a certain quality of life. This national disgrace needs a national solution. Would you volunteer to help.

The western system of democracy is going through enormous change world wide. It requires of us all that we re-evaluate what our priorities in life are. Should our leaders be offering society, as a whole, options, ways and choices so that it can transform itself?