Anything Goes

Inclusion in the Classroom and Beyond ｜Caroline Griffin #Episode 9

What does it really mean to make a classroom, or an arts organisation, feel like it belongs to everyone? In this episode of Anything Goes, we sit down with Caroline Griffin to talk about inclusion across education and the arts. With her experience in arts consultancy, audience development, and teaching at the University of Warwick, Caroline reflects on how inclusive thinking can shape both the classroom and the wider cultural sector. We discuss what inclusion means in practice, how universities and arts organisations can learn from each other, and why creating inclusive spaces is not just about policy or good intentions, but about listening carefully to people’s different experiences, needs, and ways of engaging.

Who Gets to Be Creative | Chris Bilton #Episode 8

What happens when the person who studies creativity is also the person who warns us about its dangers? In this episode of Anything Goes, we sit down with Professor Chris Bilton—former community arts practitioner, founder of the MA in Creative and Media Enterprises, and a man who has spent decades asking uncomfortable questions about the industries we romanticise. We talk about what “cultural democracy” really means. About the hidden costs of doing what you love—and how to teach students to chase a dream without being devoured by it. This is a conversation about uncreativity, disappearing products, and the one small thing any teacher can do next week to make room for the people who don't yet believe they belong.

The Walls We Don't See | Saul Hewish #Episode 7

What does "inclusion" mean for someone who has never been allowed to call themselves a student? In this episode of Anything Goes, we sit down with Saul Hewish—a practitioner who has spent decades working behind the walls of prisons, in youth offending teams, and in special educational settings. He brings that frontline experience into his Warwick teaching on modules like Community Theatre and Drama Healing. We talk about what universities can learn from a prison workshop. About designing classrooms where the "beginner" and the "outsider" have as much to offer as anyone else. And about the one thing he hopes his students carry with them—not just into their careers, but into the rest of their lives. A conversation about the bodies we exclude, the spaces we refuse to imagine, and what "Anything Goes" really asks of us.

Teaching Across Difference | James Taylor #Episode 6

How do you teach the language of cinema to a student who's never been told their way of seeing matters? In this episode of Anything Goes, we sit down with James Taylor, a film scholar and two‑year veteran of an inclusive teaching forum at Warwick. He teaches everything—from first‑year core modules to advanced courses on horror, gothic, and the machinery of film franchising. We talk about what it actually takes to make a classroom feel like it belongs to everyone. Not just in principle, but in practice: how you make genre theory land for a student who feels like an outsider. A conversation about the one thing he would change about how we teach film, the monsters and heroes who show up in our syllabi, and why “anything goes” might just be the most radical thing we can say in a classroom.

Witnessing Otherwise｜Alejandro Martínez #Episode 5

What does it mean to bear witness when the witness has been told their story doesn't matter? In this episode of Anything Goes, we sit down with Alejandro Martínez Guerrero, a PhD researcher in the Warwick Writing Programme. His work sits at a searing intersection: the Mexican drug war, queer survivors of violence, and the creation of a graphic novel. We talk about what it takes to listen to testimonies that have been silenced—stories of state and criminal violence that are often too painful, too stigmatised, or too complex to tell. Alejandro shares how he navigates the space between testimony and fiction, why he turned to illustration as a form of witnessing, and what queer narrative strategies can teach us about surviving—and telling—the truth. A conversation about the stories that refuse to disappear, the bodies that keep memory, and what universities owe to those who have been left out of the frame.