For my note on the film see: https://stevebamlett.home.blog/2019/11/07/ken-loachs-sorry-we-missed-you-a-difficult-watch-in-cinemas-now/ Was social justice ever easy?: Ken Loach and Paul Laverty at the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society 4th December 2019 12.30 – 2 p.m. My take on ‘Sorry We Missed You‘ Today was special. The Lit and Phil was the voce of radicalism and science in Newcastle … More Was social justice ever easy?: Ken Loach and Paul Laverty at the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society 4th December 2019 12.30 – 2 p.m.

The Norman Cornish Sketch & Drawing Exhibition at Palace Green Library visited 22nd November 2019. A spontaneous sketch from a Norman Cornish sketchbook. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50365848 A reflection following first visit. See also Bowes retrospective piece (link opens new window): There are 3 Cornish centenary exhibitions I’ve visited thus far this year (the others at … More The Norman Cornish Sketch & Drawing Exhibition at Palace Green Library visited 22nd November 2019.

Notes on ‘Talks at the Tower’, Bishop Auckland. An Introduction to Poussin’s The Triumph of Pan, Dr. Francesca Whitlum-Cooper from The National Gallery 21st November 2019. A reflection, consulting: Bull, M. (1995) ‘Poussin’s Bacchanals for Cardinal Richelieu’, The Burlington Magazine (137: 1102 (Jan. 1995)) , 5-11 . Available at: Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/886396 (Accessed: 21-11-2019 15:50 … More An Introduction to Poussin’s ‘The Triumph of Pan’, Dr. Francesca Whitlum-Cooper from The National Gallery 21st November 2019.Notes on ‘Talks at the Tower’, Bishop Auckland.

Three Miners In a Cage – A Tom McGuiness etching Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 20:55Visible to anyone in the world THROWN OUT OF THE EMA! Let’s look for instance at Three Miners in a Cage (hereafter Cage). The function of this painting is clearly not representational realism – the real constriction of cage travel arose from the mass … More Three Miners In a Cage – A Tom McGuiness etching

Looking Back to Cornish – the retrospective at Bowes Museum visited 16th November 2019. For my views of Palace Green exhibition use this link. A reflection, consulting: One visit is not enough, and this very comprehensive exhibition is better if supplemented by current exhibitions at the Palace Green Library, Durham University in Durham City (for … More Looking Back to Cornish – the retrospective at Bowes Museum visited 16th November 2019.

From Twitter – delineation of original not preserved in quotations from my tweets. (now mended 18/11/19) See poem & background: https://endoftheworldpodcast.com/andrew-mcmillan/ Steve Bamlett@steve_bamlett· lord show me a queer kid who doesn’t want an answer to the question of themselves sec. iii @AndrewPoetry turns to the questioning narrative poem. A powerful lead from our best poet. … More A new poem / podcast by Andrew Macmillan @AndrewPoetry

On First Visiting the Newly Re-opened Auckland Castle @aucklandproject on 14th November 2019 Of all the riches coming available in Bishop Auckland, I was least interested in the opening of Auckland Castle and thought there was enough, an excess of enough, in the Trevor Gallery and its wonderful exhibitions which opened months before the Castle … More On First Visiting the Newly Re-opened Auckland Castle @aucklandproject on 14th November 2019

For more on Loach & Laverty: https://stevebamlett.home.blog/2019/12/04/was-social-justice-ever-easy-ken-loach-and-paul-laverty-at-the-newcastle-literary-and-philosophical-society-4th-december-2019-12-30-2-p-m/ Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You – a difficult watch. In cinemas NOW. I wish I  hadn’t seen this in the midst of a General Election. Unbearably painful, it watches a family in a downward spiral that is entirely the effect of the deregulated capitalist political and economic … More Ken Loach’s ‘Sorry We Missed You’ – a difficult watch. In cinemas NOW.