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Reviewing John Foot ‘The man who closed asylums’[1] This is an urgent book that is about much more than anti-psychiatry or movements allied with it. It is a book about an era of situated political change: situated geographically, historically and socio-culturally and animated by an awareness of the proximity of massive changes, in apparently discrete … More Reblog: Reviewing John Foot ‘The man who closed asylums’[1]

Reblogged: Simon Armitage (2017) ‘The Unaccompanied’ VERY PERSONAL REVIEW Thursday, 2 Mar 2017, 15:39Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 2 Mar 2017, 15:40 Simon Armitage (2017) The Unaccompanied London, Faber &  Faber What’s in a name? Armitage could have called this volume ‘Solitude’ and in a stroke joined the army of poets and … More Reblogged: Simon Armitage (2017) ‘The Unaccompanied’ VERY PERSONAL REVIEW

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