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BAFTA award-winning director Victoria Mapplebeck unveils The Waiting Room – a new documentary and virtual reality project tracing her breast cancer journey from diagnosis to recovery

When Victoria Mapplebeck was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided to record each step of her journey from diagnosis to recovery. Shot entirely on an iPhone X, Victoria filmed her time in waiting rooms, surgery, consultations, CT scans and chemotherapy. The Waiting Room is an unflinching portrait of the blood, sweat and tears of cancer…

India’s UnBox Festival underway for 2019

Aiming to deconstruct the past, deliberate on the present and assemble ideal futures across streams of design, art, culture, technology, and policy This week, Quicksand Design Studio, launches the return of India’s preeminent interactive, multi-disciplinary festival platform UnBox Festival. The 5th edition of UnBox is taking place in Bangalore, capitalizing on the city’s vibrant technology, start-up, and arts communities….

Educate. Regulate. Medicate | United Patients Alliance protest 10.10.17

Huge congratulations to United Patients Alliance (UPA) on their successful protest outside The Palace of Westminster on Tuesday this week. The Ladbury team were delighted to be a part of the action and the positive media coverage and support for the cause has been overwhelming. This week, Labour MP Paul Flynn has officially put the question to the…

Celebrate the weird and the wonderful all on one day at the Creativeworks London Festival

Don’t miss this day long free festival on the Strand, the Creativeworks London Festival celebrates four years of what happens when you bring London’s brilliant academics together with a brunch of creative minds. Across one packed day the Festival will feature an eclectic mix of the weird and wonderful from a Superpiano to a Pan African cinema archive to…

FutureEverything

Let’s face it, eventually everything will run out…

Let’s face it, eventually everything will run out. Whether it’s the bottom of a crisp packet, or the world’s natural resources, the first thing FutureEverything looks for is alternatives. And this year, we are delighted to be working with the team on the FutureEverything Festival 2016. For twenty years, FutureEverything has looked at big questions…

My mum, my dad and me

When I first learned of the ‘State of the World’s Fathers’ report I loved the idea of getting fathers involved. I know of many men who have grown into incredible fathers – and I also know of many men who have chosen not to embrace their fatherly duties as if it doesn’t really apply to…

Involved fatherhood is critical to gender equality and child development, reveals world’s first global fatherhood report

Gender equality requires a revolution in the lives of men and boys, and achieving this requires urgent policy changes, MenCare-authored report argues in worldwide launch Targeting fathers is the key to achieving gender equality. Fathers matter deeply to child development, and they are as biologically hard-wired to provide care as mothers are. Furthermore, fathers with…

Altruism, generosity, solidarity and civic spirit are not like commodities that are depleted with use

As more and more community centres and town halls are closing down, and libraries are being re-branded as ‘Ideas Stores’, designer, social innovator and creator of The Civic Shop Cassie Robinson, asks, what role should public and social institutions play in 2015 and how do they relate to civic life? Today the world of commerce is encroaching irrevocably on our civic spaces. Our post-war…

Help shape the future of creative industries in the UK

Results just published from a pilot industry panel reveal the top priorities for film and games industry professionals. Employers from the film industry joined Creative Skillset’s influential online industry panels and took part in its pilot survey in February. Following the success of the pilot, the first of three annual surveys will take place in…

Is the future of Books & Print here?

If you’re wondering what the future holds for books, look no further than the Books & Print REACT Sandbox programme. REACT, a recently formed Bristol based hub of creative knowledge, are funding unique partnerships between academics and economy partners to create ground-breaking to write, read and love books. Eight ideas are announced today, and include…