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All the right moves

Run Talk Run and The Line’s Wellbeing Walks are grassroots initiatives reimagining mental health support. Alison Lo, FRSA explores how engaging with public art while exercising can become everyday infrastructures of wellbeing in urban life.
15 Apr 2026 Alison Lo, FRSA
Two women wearing matching black "Run Talk Run" shirts walk arm in arm down a city street, showing support and companionship. Their backs are to the camera.
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Inner spaces

Award-winning oil painter Frances Featherstone, highlights her exploration of women’s private worlds through her most recent series, From the Perspective of the Angels.  
15 Apr 2026 Leah Clarkson
Frances Featherstone with curly hair holds a palette and painting knife in an art studio, standing in front of a colourful still-life painting. Another artwork with bold patterns hangs on the wall behind her.
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Dying by design

A series of deaths linked to an online suicide forum exposed one of the darker corners of the internet – activists say it’s long past time to shine a light on the largely unregulated platforms putting young people’s mental health and, increasingly, lives at risk. Is anybody listening?
15 Apr 2026 Adele Zeynep Walton
A silhouette of a person standing outdoors at sunset, holding a glowing pink light, with colourful pixelated blocks and digital badges overlaying the image, all set against a solid light blue background.
Arts In The Spotlight

A (slow) stitch in time

Slow stitching to pause, reflect and care in a culture too often driven by speed and distraction.
15 Apr 2026 Fran White
An older woman wearing a paint-splattered apron works on a colourful painting in a bright, art-filled studio, surrounded by brushes and canvases. Sunlight streams in as she embraces creativity, exploring the connection between brain and art.
Arts In The Spotlight

Healing arts

How the power of creativity can induce transformative changes in the brain, promoting neuroplasticity and helping overcome isolation through connection.
23 Sep 2025 Lisa Todd
Lisa Todd in a colorful coat stands in a bright room surrounded by her artwork: vibrant, abstract paintings and framed art pieces with bold patterns and colors. The background and floor display more vivid artworks.
RSA NextGen

RSA NextGen: ZeZe Sohawon

Zaynab ‘ZeZe’ Sohawon, a youth mental health advocate, talks about her ambitions, passions and inspirations.
6 Dec 2024
Person wearing a light-colored blazer and pink top, smiling against a colorful abstract background. The border contains text: "RSA NEXTGEN," "RSAJOURNAL," and "ZEZE SOHAWON.
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A century of innovation

From its ‘Industrial Designs’ competition in 1924 to the Student Design Awards of 2024, the RSA has long celebrated innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges. Now enter RSA Spark.
18 Sep 2024 Joanna Choukeir
Split image featuring: Left side with a black-and-white photo of a person and abstract colorful patterns below; Right side showing two people painting "XPOSURE" on a yellow wall, and various "X-POSURE" branded items. Background is pink.
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Under the weather

The climate emergency is intensifying and young people are bearing the emotional brunt of a crisis they didn’t create. Their anxiety and outrage demand our understanding – and urgent support.
18 Sep 2024 Judith Anderson
Colorful ceramic vase with a face design, featuring blue eyes and red accents. It holds a bouquet of green hydrangeas, white flowers, and greenery. The background is a soft blue with a bright green border.
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Soul conversations

A designer’s unorthodox approach is transforming the way education is delivered in prisons across the UK and in the US.
26 Mar 2024 Judah Armani
A vinyl record with a cover showing a sepia-toned photo of a man singing into a microphone on stage, with "in house records" in the background. Below, three people are sitting and writing in notebooks.