Tag: cultural diplomacy

6th February 2014 Brasilia, Brazil

David Bowie is… very British – guest blog by Beatriz Correa

During the pre-opening of the “David Bowie is” exhibition for the press, Alex Ellis, British Ambassador to Brazil, began his speech by saying that Bowie is “international, global and ‘very British’”. The ambassador’s words made me think about how Bowie translates perfectly the reasons that make the UK, and the British culture as a whole, […]

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17th December 2013 Brasilia, Brazil

The Natural History Museum’s engagement with Brazil

The following is a guest post by Dr. Michael Dixon. When I first visited Brazil over two years ago as part of a UKTI Creative Industries Trade Mission, I was struck by the breadth of opportunities for the Natural History Museum. So I recently visited the country again and met with government ministries, research funders, […]

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16th November 2012 London, UK

Katherine Fox

by Katherine Fox

Head of Strategic Communications for Pakistan

“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her”

It was my embarrassment and a Pakistani journalist’s passion for the English Lake District that got me there. I was dressed head to toe in waterproofs, having climbed 500m, and the rain was turning to hail and sleet. The crags in the peaks behind me were being smoothed out by the first snowfalls. In the distance England’s largest […]

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