You can feel the audience, no matter how disparate or varied their agendas, relax en masse and surrender to the beguiling charm of the raconteur.
When that gift is coupled with some really weighty thoughts, it doesn't get much better.
So it was with Sir Ken Robinson at the EIGHT arts conference in London at the end of May. With not a PowerPoint presentation or lectern in sight, Sir Ken took possession of the stage, and the audience, with well-judged anecdotes and thought breaks in a provocative exploration of creativity, divergent thinking and the place of the arts, not just in young people's development, but throughout life.
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