https://livesteven.com/2026/09/30/how-can-a-drama-be-created-out-of-the-fate-of-a-boy-who-acquired-a-knowledge-of-decorative-painting-and-design-and-graining-and-signwriting-from-the-fag-end-of-a-remnant-of-pre-capitalist-values/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-09-30T12:34:01+00:00How can a drama be created out of the fate of a boy who ‘acquired a knowledge of decorative painting and design, and graining and signwriting’ from the fag-end of a remnant of pre-capitalist values, and the sad shadows of that system that followed it. Some personal and otherwise reflection on reading Robert Tressell before seeing the Ensemble ’84 production of ‘The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists’: Part One,being ‘My Dad’.dailyprompt, writing, books, fiction, politics, history, dailyprompt-2906, my-dad, book-into-play, socialism, capitalist-hypocrisyhttps://livesteven.com/2026/09/29/no-settled-senses-of-the-world-can-match-the-pleasures-of-that-madness-the-pygmalion-moment-in-art-visiting-the-turner-prize-2026-exhibition-at-mima-today/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-09-29T13:23:17+00:00‘No settled senses of the world can match / The pleasures of that madness’. The Pygmalion Moment in art. Visiting the Turner prize 2026 exhibition at MIMA today.dailyprompt, writing, art, books, artist, sculpture, dailyprompt-2903, turner-prize-2026, mima, reviewing