For our Autumn Directive all our questions have been designed in-house by the MO team!
Part One: Art and the Everyday is inspired by our extensive Topic Collection on art. The topic collection relates to the Ashington Group of Artists, 1938, the Unprofessional Painting exhibitions (1938-9) and other aspects of visual art. Also included are studies of the impact of war on artists, the Artists’ International Association, the BBC and art, the War Artists’ exhibition, pavement art and exhibitions from home and abroad (1942-3). Our directive focuses on how people exeperience art in their everyday lives. This includes what art people have in their home, other places where people see art and whether people take part in artistic activities.
Part Two: Reality TV is inspired by our 2001 directive on Reality TV and Radio. In our most recent directive we are asking questions about changing attitudes towards reality TV, and asking about their viewing habits.
Part Three: Current Events provides observers the chance to reflect on recent stories in the news. Whilst we’ve provided a lilst of suggested topics, writers are encouraged to speak about whichever topics they think are important.
You can view the full directive here.