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Fellowship news and events

Stay in the know with Fellowship: learn about the newly elected council, hear from Fellows making the most of the mentoring programme and the co-working spaces around the UK and Ireland, stay up-to-date on events happening at the House, and more.
23 Jul 2026
A man in a beige overall stands in front of a painting of a woman in an orange headscarf, holding brushes and a palette filled with paint. A second, less detailed portrait is visible behind him.
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Loosening canons

Pawlet Brookes, FRSA, MBE challenges the assumption that Black presence in classical music is recent or peripheral, tracing a lineage of composers, performers and cultural leaders whose contributions shaped the form over centuries. From Ignatius Sancho to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Brookes shows that Black artistry has long been central to classical innovation.
23 Jul 2026 Pawlet Brookes, MBE, FRSA
Black-and-white portrait of Ignatius Sancho, FRSA, a distinguished figure among black classical musicians, seated in a carved wooden chair and looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
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History in runes

Historian, writer and broadcaster Eleanor Barraclough, FRSA reveals a Viking world shaped not only by warfare, gods and exploration, but by poetry, riddles and storytelling.
23 Jul 2026 Eleanor Barraclough, FRSA
Six people in fur clothing sit and stand around a campfire in a village with huts and trees, talking together. The sky is dark and swirling, and the mood appears calm and communal.
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Common ground

The Royal Society of Arts’ Daisy Carter explores how RSA Fellows across the UK are reclaiming physical space through creativity, community ownership and civic imagination.
23 Jul 2026 Daisy Carter
A man with dreadlocks wearing a checked jacket stands in front of a mural and a building with scaffolding. The mural depicts a person wearing sunglasses and a headscarf.
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Hungry for change

Artist, scholar and activist Dr Ally Zlatar explores the collision between the romantic myth of the ‘starving artist’ and the lived reality of eating disorders.
23 Jul 2026 Ally Zlatar
A woman in a red dress lies on her back, extending her tongue up to support a cake with white icing and strawberry slices. The background is pink.
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The work of art

Professor Hasan Bakhshi examines the changing relationship between the arts and economics, arguing that culture is no longer simply required to prove its value through economic measures.
23 Jul 2026 Professor Hasan Bakhshi, MBE
A colourful illustration showing people working, painting, studying charts, dining at a café, viewing art, and constructing a building in a lively cityscape with various urban and creative activities depicted.
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Drawn together

Christopher Daniel, FRSA reflects on the annual chalking of the Uffington White Horse, a 3,000-year-old land artwork whose survival depends on repeated communal care. Joining volunteers from Long Now London, he considers the Horse not a fixed relic but an ongoing practice.
23 Jul 2026 Christopher Daniel, FRSA
Four people sit on a grassy hillside, chiselling and cleaning a large white chalk figure on the ground—a scene reminiscent of those featured in the RSA Journal—with fields and trees visible in the distance under a blue sky.
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RDI Spotlight: Kate Blee

Kate Blee, RDI reflects on a cross-disciplinary practice shaped by colour, material, collaboration and the physical intelligence of making. Moving between textiles, painting, sculpture, ceramics and architectural commissions, Blee is drawn to that which connects.
23 Jul 2026 Kate Blee, RDI, FRSA
A smiling woman with short hair wears an apron and stands in an art studio. She appears happy and relaxed, with abstract artwork and art materials visible in the background. The image is black and white with a green border, evoking the creative spirit celebrated by the Royal Designers for Industry (RDI).
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Fellows’ ink

This feature highlights books recently published by RSA Fellows. In this issue, the books explore cultural intelligence, how to develop one’s leadership style, governance in the UK’s state school system, and more.
23 Jul 2026
A stack of six books of varying sizes and colours is arranged on a light pink background, with titles including “Jane Taylor”, “Supercreativity”, and “The Wick: 15 Years of Culture, Community & Change”.
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New Fellows

Meet some of our new RSA Fellows as of July 2026: Wenfeng Li, Miranda Harrison, Jordan Scudder, Dominic Arnall, Pamela Jikiemi, Jenny Phaure, Maksym Turkevych, Danielle Allen and Richmal Maybank
23 Jul 2026
A row of five people facing the camera, each in a separate square frame, on a pale pink background. Four are smiling, one has a neutral expression—perfectly capturing the diverse and welcoming spirit of RSA Fellowship.