Since 1953, summers at Dartington have meant one thing; the estate is filled with music during our Summer School and Festival. And this year, we're delighted to also offer a programme of family-friendly and free events.
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Author: Dartington
Dartington Trust is a unique place - an exciting place to visit and enjoy year-round events, with a rich history of progressive social experimentation and innovation. We are also an educational charity that supports learning in ecology, the arts, social enterprise and within the wider community. If you want to explore our work, you can browse a
rich collection of news, blogs and features here.
Performance at Dartington with Emma Bush
A blog about the new performance movement that is gathering momentum at Dartington Arts School with a Master's programme starting early next year.
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Know the World: Reflections on Holistic Science by Dr Troy Vine
Troy Vine, our Holistic Science programme lead, asks how we might start searching for an objective knowledge of nature in the world today...
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Volunteer blog: Seeking a swift encounter
As a new project beings to attract swifts back to a disused church tower, volunteer Alistair Whybrow writes on his own fascination with these beguiling birds.
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What’s it really like to study at Dartington?
Students share their thoughts on the experience of studying on our postgraduate programmes over the past nine months.
Read More > Project underway to encourage Swifts to return to our church tower
A project to encourage swifts to return to the disused church tower on the Dartington estate has been set up the Trust’s conservation team.
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Hauser & Wirth launches The Gustav Metzger Foundation Scholarship
We are thrilled to announce the Gustav Metzger Foundation Scholarship in partnership with Hauser & Wirth. The scholarship will support a student with refugee status or an application for asylum in the UK on our Arts and Place MA course.
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Diary: Notes from the Walled Kitchen Garden
Regular, rolling updates from the brilliant volunteer team at our beautiful Kitchen Garden! Follow the progress of this beautiful organic garden as zero-food miles produce is grown for our café, The Green Table and our restaurant, The White Hart.
Read More >Find out more about Dartington and other experimental communities in Anna Neima's new book
Why most wine does not age well, and other wine talk with Justin Howard-Sneyd
We caught up with Justin, a well known wine communicator and ex-head of wine at Waitrose, as he prepares to head up our first-ever wine course.
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