Tosh very much alive: Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow to Aug 14th 2018

Tosh very much alive: Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow to Aug 14th 2018 Monday, 2 Jul 2018, 17:36Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 2 Jul 2018, 17:48 Tosh very much alive: Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow You only have to the 14th August to see this fateful exhibition. It is fateful because … More Tosh very much alive: Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow to Aug 14th 2018

Reflecting on ‘Surge’ by Jay Bernard (2019) London, Vintage Penguin. Links are seminal.

Reflecting on Surge by Jay Bernard (2019) London, Vintage Penguin.  Links are seminal. I first tried to read Jay Bernard when a first version of Surge was published in 2016 in Beacon of Hope. I failed the test, feeling that this poetry depended too much on performance art for me to understand and love it, … More Reflecting on ‘Surge’ by Jay Bernard (2019) London, Vintage Penguin. Links are seminal.

‘A scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment’: Reflecting on King John by William Shakespeare prior to seeing the current RSC production screened to cinemas.

‘A scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment’: Reflecting on King John by William Shakespeare prior to seeing the current RSC production as screened to cinemas.   The historical King John ruled England from 1199 to the succession of his son, Henry III  in 1216 after John’s death from, it is believed dysentery. … More ‘A scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment’: Reflecting on King John by William Shakespeare prior to seeing the current RSC production screened to cinemas.

Reflecting on ‘Outrages: Sex, Censorship & The Criminalisation of Love’ (2019) by Naomi Wolf, London, Virago.

Reflecting on Outrages: Sex, Censorship & The Criminalisation of Love (2019) by Naomi Wolf, London, Virago.   I bought this book with trepidation on its release. It has taken till now to get down to read it. Superficially considered (and that’s a self-judgement) it tells a story I’ve heard many times and in many aspects, … More Reflecting on ‘Outrages: Sex, Censorship & The Criminalisation of Love’ (2019) by Naomi Wolf, London, Virago.

Queering Wordsworth: Parody Poeming: English Suppression or Wordsworth Gazes on Thom Gunn

DS106 Trial Assignment Sunday, 3 Apr 2016, 17:20Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 3 Apr 2016, 17:21– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 3 Apr 2016, 17:21 My response is based on this mid-difficulty writing assignment. My poem title is: English Suppression or Wordsworth Gazes on Thom Gunn My poem: Vacantly loitering in … More Queering Wordsworth: Parody Poeming: English Suppression or Wordsworth Gazes on Thom Gunn

Reflecting on Lewis, Marc (2015) ‘The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease’

Thursday, 9 Feb 2017, 20:39Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 10 Feb 2017, 20:21– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 9 Feb 2017, 20:41 Review of: Lewis, Marc (2015) The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease Melbourne & London, Scribe Publications The value of this book can’t be under-estimated and should not … More Reflecting on Lewis, Marc (2015) ‘The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is not a Disease’

Reflecting on ‘The Death of Jesus’ (2020) by J.M, Coetzee, London, Harvill Secker. The third and final book of his ‘Jesus’ trilogy.

Reflecting on The Death of Jesus (2020) by J.M, Coetzee, London, Harvill Secker.  The third and final book of his ‘Jesus’ trilogy. For 2016 reflection of the second book from the trilogy, use this link. No reflection by me on the first book in the trilogy. I feel as though my first reading of this … More Reflecting on ‘The Death of Jesus’ (2020) by J.M, Coetzee, London, Harvill Secker. The third and final book of his ‘Jesus’ trilogy.

Reflecting on reading and watching plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see ‘Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti’ At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina).

Reflecting on reading and watching  plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina), March 21st 2020. And having now read (for the first time) Brecht, B. (tr. Willet, J.) [1987] Mr Puntila and His Man … More Reflecting on reading and watching plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see ‘Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti’ At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina).

Reflecting on images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. @Sumarlidh

Reflecting on the images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. ‘Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Asia Minor (270-343AD). Known as the “Wonderworker”, Nicolas, a secret gift-giver, is patron saint of sailors, repentant thieves, merchants, archers, brewers, pawnbrokers, students, prostitutes, and children,’ is how Somerled describes the subject of their drawing which … More Reflecting on images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. @Sumarlidh

Reblog: Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition

Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition Monday, 17 Aug 2015, 19:42Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 17 Aug 2015, 19:44 Figure 1: Stahl (2006:237) diagram of the Cycle of knowing Stahl’s model of the cycle of knowing or ‘group cognition’ shows the necessary and intrinsic link between the processes of ‘personal knowing’ and … More Reblog: Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition

Reblogging some old reflections on openness in teaching and learning at @OpenUniversity

Activity 11: Little OERs – creativity, scholarship, teaching and learning Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016, 16:46Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 21:59– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016, 16:47 I don’t want to even try and juggle with the big – little OER binary in Weller (2012, 2016) … More Reblogging some old reflections on openness in teaching and learning at @OpenUniversity

Rebogging Reflections on the limits of ‘social presence’ in best-practice teaching online: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster

H817 Activity 12, Block 2: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 20:33Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 20:40 H817 Activity 12, Block 2: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster The reading here was useful and interesting and I found myself … More Rebogging Reflections on the limits of ‘social presence’ in best-practice teaching online: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster