Frontline States

Frontline States initiated and managed projects and programmes facilitating change and development, principally in the arts sector…

…and continues to advocate for the arts and creativity as a way to change the world for the better, which is why it is proud to include “Working on the Frontline”, a song celebrating frontline workers in the NHS. It is taken from the fundraising album ‘Song Club’, released on 23 October 2020. It’s long past that now, but it’s still a great song!

‘Working on the Frontline’ was written and recorded by Neill MacColl and Kate St John, and is sung by Jessie Buckley & The Leonards. The video was made by Kitty MacColl and the words are spoken by NHS nurse Hannah Grace Deller.

Documentaries and feature films included in this website are listed on the Curated Films page.

…You are going to be hungry, thirsty, cold and dirty. You will lose your homes, friends and family members, but what will hurt the most will be the lies. Lies that you are somehow to blame for what is happening to you. Lies that you are actually doing what is being done to you. Those lies will poke countless holes into your hearts, but without stopping them from beating and without freezing them…

From a letter to Ukraine by Aida Cerkez, Sarajevo, 5 March 2022

…The occupation has corrupted us. I am absolutely convinced that Israel’s curse began with the occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967. Maybe people are tired of hearing about it, but that’s the truth. We’ve become militarily powerful, and we’ve fallen into the temptation born out of absolute power, and the idea that we can do anything…

From an interview with David Grossman, Palermo, 1 August 2025