Comparing three 2017 novels based on Attic Tragedy Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 18:54Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 19:09– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 19:02– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 18:58 Comparing Four 2017 novels based on Attic Tragedy Part 4 of a 4-part … More Comparing three 2017 novels based on Attic Tragedy
Natalie Haynes ‘The Children of Jocasta’ London, Mantle: ‘wailing at some real or perceived injustice’. Monday, 19 Jun 2017, 19:34Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 19:01– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 23 Jun 2017, 14:50 Part 1 of a 4-part self-directed project Haynes praises and thanks the classicist, Edith … More Natalie Haynes ‘The Children of Jocasta’ London, Mantle: ‘wailing at some real or perceived injustice’.
David Vann (2017) Bright Air Black London, Heinemann: ‘at the center (sic.) of what makes all liquid and changeable’. Saturday, 24 Jun 2017, 19:25Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 19:02– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Saturday, 24 Jun 2017, 19:27 David Vann (2017) Bright Air Black London, Heinemann: ‘at the center (sic.) … More David Vann (2017) ‘Bright Air Black’ London, Heinemann: ‘at the center (sic.) of what makes all liquid and changeable’.
Colm Toibin (2017) House of Names London, Viking: ‘Orestes wanted to say to (Electra) that neither she nor anyone else in the palace had authority.’ Wednesday, 21 Jun 2017, 16:28Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 25 Jun 2017, 19:03– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 23 Jun 2017, 14:51 Part 3 of a … More Colm Toibin (2017) ‘House of Names’ London, Viking: ‘Orestes wanted to say to (Electra) that neither she nor anyone else in the palace had authority.’
Faces, Marks and Masks: Exploring a theme that I find in Somerled’s art as shared on Twitter (@Sumarlidh) This is not the blog I intended but is, I think all I can produce at the moment. I’m challenged. I may have to come back to this art with the intention next time of not ‘petering … More Faces, Marks and Masks: Rambling round a theme that I find in Somerled’s art as shared on Twitter (@Sumarlidh)
How to tell the story of Anti-Semitism and Intellectuals who Challenge it: Reflecting on reading Michael Rosen’s (2017) The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case London, Faber & Faber. This is a book with far larger themes than can be imagined before we not only read it but reflect on it. … More How to tell the story of Anti-Semitism and Intellectuals who Challenge it: Reflecting on reading Michael Rosen’s (2017) ‘The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case’ London, Faber & Faber.
English Orientalism and interiors: The uses of enchantment I had the good fortune yesterday to visit again, with a friend, The Enchanted Interior at the Laing Gallery, Newcastle for a curator’s tour of the exhibition. This isn’t a review of the tour but a kind of side interest partly inspired by that guided tour and … More English Orientalism and interiors: The uses of enchantment
In lieu of a review of Roger Robinson (2019) A Portable Paradise Leeds, Peepal Tree Press Ltd. I read this following a recommendation by a fellow tweeter and after it had won the T.S. Eliot Prize for 2019. I had neglected it because I was so in love with the work at Jay Bernard. However, … More In lieu of a review of Roger Robinson (2019) ‘A Portable Paradise’ Leeds, Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Reflecting on Ben Ashcroft’s (2013) Fifty-One Moves Hook, Hampshire, Waterside Press I ordered and read this book because I had been impressed by tweets by its author about his remarkable struggle against addiction, crime and overwhelming feelings of rejection. I enjoyed it for several more reasons. Of course the main story is one of recovery, … More Reflecting on Ben Ashcroft’s (2013) ‘Fifty-One Moves’ Hook, Hampshire, Waterside Press
Stigma is inevitable in Personality Disorder (PD) Diagnoses: A Very Personal View from a Non-Professional (retired mental health & learning disability social worker, former carer and long-term user of depression services). The personality disorders are a collection of psychiatric categories each describing common clusters of ‘symptoms’. It is important to keep the term ‘symptoms in … More Stigma is inevitable in Personality Disorder (PD) Diagnoses: A Very Personal View from a retired mental health & learning disability social worker, former carer and long-term user of depression services.
Andrew McMillan makes a poem about the origin of everything and a wonderful art exhibition: Alan Davie & David Hockney: Early Works at The Hepworth Wakefield to the 29th. Transferring to Towner Art Gallery. For the poet’s own take see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T22jaegj8GQ If you watch Andrew McMillan speaking about the genesis of his poem, line (at … More Andrew McMillan makes a poem about the origin of everything and a wonderful art exhibition: ‘Alan Davie & David Hockney: Early Works’ at The Hepworth Wakefield
Van Gogh in the Round: Reflection : https://www.vangoghexpo.co.uk/york/ to book and more information. I saw this tonight at about 4 p.m. Sitting in a deck chair in the nave of the old church, a looped presentation occurs all round you. It’s even on the floor beneath you and all created by projected moving light. There … More Van Gogh in the Round: Reflection : https://www.vangoghexpo.co.uk/york/ to book and more information.
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