Wednesday, 1 Aug 2018, 20:01Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 1 Aug 2018, 21:43 Fred Uhlman: A reunion with the Hatton Gallery Little Yid – never come backOr we’ll break your bloody neck (Uhlman 1971 from Reunion)[1] The point about Uhlman’s Reunion is that there is no ‘coming back’, thus no reunion – not really! In Reunion a … More Fred Uhlman: A reunion with the Hatton Gallery (and reflecting on anti-Semitism)

Saturday, 4 Aug 2018, 14:03Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 5 Aug 2018, 18:58 Steve’s 2018 Booker Longlist Readings 3.      Robertson, Robin. The Long Take or A Way to Lose More Slowly London, Picador Poetry. This year I’ve decided not to set out to read all of the longlist but just those of which … More Steve’s 2018 Booker 3. Robertson, Robin. The Long Take

Wednesday, 8 Aug 2018, 19:10Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 8 Aug 2018, 20:14 Steve’s 2018 Booker Longlist Readings 4.      Michael Ondaatje. Warlight London, Jonathan Cape. This year I’ve decided not to set out to read all of the longlist but just those of which I had not acquired some prejudice (I’m not going … More Steve’s 2018 Booker 4. Michael Ondaatje. ‘Warlight’

Monday, 20 Aug 2018, 08:47Visible to anyone in the world Queer theory and Rupert Thomson’s Never Anyone But You, London, Corsair Books Queer is by definition whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant. There is nothing in particular to which it necessarily refers. It is an identity without an essence. ‘Queer’ then, demarcates … More Queer theory and Rupert Thomson’s ‘Never Anyone But You’

Thursday, 6 Sep 2018, 19:20Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 7 Sep 2018, 20:05 Pat Barker (2018) The Silence of the Girls London, Hamish Hamilton. I saw Pat Barker at the Edinburgh Literary Festival on the 26 August where she launched this remarkable book. To tell truth, I had become a rather tired … More Reviewing Pat Barker (2018) ‘The Silence of the Girls’

Sunday, 9 Sep 2018, 18:51Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 11 Sep 2018, 17:11 Labyrinth IV: The way in to Anselm Kiefer – a labyrinth with no end has, of course, no way out. This is a later addition to the labyrinth blogs (listed below) that comes from following up an interest (not yet matured into … More The way in to Anselm Kiefer – a labyrinth with no end has, of course, no way out.

Thursday, 13 Sep 2018, 19:06Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 13 Sep 2018, 19:11 A queer approach to sexual preference labelling in art-history: looking at case studies in British mid-twentieth century art: 5. John Craxton The aim of this group of blogs is to look critically at some of the publications relating to gay male artists … More A queer approach to: 5. John Craxton