The “overarching goal of public policy should be to increase happiness”, writes Darren Henley, the chief executive of Arts Council England (ACE), in his latest iteration of The Arts Dividend: How ...

Positive psychology can be applied to all age groups, from children to adults in educational settings and mental health facilities, as well as in private counseling practices. There is also a ...

where his subject was applied positive psychology. Henley is utterly positive in his account of the publicly funded arts, museums and libraries that are his responsibility. After an introduction ...