https://livesteven.com/2026/10/17/happy-endings-are-best-achieved-by-keeping-your-mouth-shut-and-the-right-doors-locked-but-who-cares-about-public-opinion-now-the-opinion-of-shadows-of-echoes-so-ill-spin-a-thread-of-m/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-10-17T19:34:46+00:00‘… happy endings are best achieved by keeping your mouth shut, and the right doors locked. … but who cares about public opinion now? The opinion of shadows, of echoes. So I’ll spin a thread of my own’. Preparing to see ‘The Penelopiad’ at York Theatre Royal.dailyprompt, books, stories, homer, the-odyssey, dailyprompt-2917, margaret-atwood, the-penelopiad, york-theatre-royal, preparing-for-a-play-for-me, lies-dramashttps://livesteven.com/2026/10/16/lets-defend-artistic-licence-over-history-this-blog-is-a-reflection-on-seeing-paul-greengrasss-the-uprising-in-the-reel-cinema-at-bishop-auckland-on-tuesday-13th-october-2026/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-10-16T11:25:47+00:00Let’s defend artistic licence over ‘history’. This blog is a reflection on seeing Paul Greengrass’s ‘The Uprising’ in The Reel Cinema at Bishop Auckland on Tuesday 13th October 2026.dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2917, andrew-garfield, jamie-bell, paul-greengrass, thomasin-mckenzie, woody-norman, the-uprising, piers-plowman, robin-hood, reviews-criticism