Reading Kate Clanchy. The task is to retire with your mind still active. Fortunately Durham University English Department near where I live maintains a number of public lectures where you can hear artists and writers talk about their art. To do justice to these I book if I can and start reading a writer I … More Reading Kate Clanchy.
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.
Being at a reading of selected poems by Anna Crowe, Zaffar Kunial & Clare Shaw. At Todmorden book Festival, The Todmorden Unitarian Church, Honey Hole 3rd November 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. I could not stay longer than Monday tonight at Todmorden despite other events long wished-for, so this was my last event. But what an … More Being at a reading of selected poems by Anna Crowe, Zaffar Kunial & Clare Shaw. At Todmorden book Festival, The Todmorden Unitarian Church, Honey Hole 3rd November 7.30 – 9.30 p.m.
Andrew McMillan and a Poetry Workshop. A model teacher opens up poetry to others as a potential in themselves (if they want it and carry it forward). At Todmorden book Festival, The Todmorden Baptist Church, Halifax Road 2nd November 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Why write up one’s experiences in learning at all? In my … More Andrew McMillan and a Poetry Workshop. A model teacher opens up poetry to others as a potential in themselves (if they want it). At Todmorden Book Festival, The Todmorden Baptist Church, Halifax Road 2nd November 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Simon Armitage Reads at the Todmorden book Festival, The Todmorden Hippodrome 1st November One of the questions asked of Simon Armitage on this evening was to define a prose poem. From the master of them in Seeing Stars, this was an appropriate enough question, especially since one of the highly appealing readings he gave was … More Simon Armitage Reads at the Todmorden book Festival, The Todmorden Hippodrome. Friday 1st November 2019
Wednesday, 18 Jul 2018, 19:25Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 18 Jul 2018, 19:42– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 18 Jul 2018, 19:28 Male Nudes – a problem in interpretation or style! A reflection on Caillebotte and art-historical evidence. What kind of evidence is used to make claims about responses to art? … More Male Nudes – a problem in interpretation or style! A reflection on Caillebotte and art-historical evidence.
Friday, 10 Aug 2018, 18:16Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 10 Aug 2018, 18:17 Pain and Pleasure in the reception of the violent nude male: Reflecting on Nethersole, Scott (2018) Art and Violence: In Early Renaissance Florence New Haven & London, Yale university Press. Antonio del Pollaiuolo Battle of the Nude Men (probably late 1470s) … More Pain and Pleasure in the reception of the violent nude male: Reflecting on Nethersole, Scott (2018) Art and Violence
Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018, 17:10Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 25 Jul 2018, 19:35 Wrestling with an Angel – Reflecting on Kauffman, J-P. (2003) [trans. Clancy, P.] Wrestling with the Angel: The mystery of Delacroix’s Mural London, Harvill Press. Kauffman’s book is categorised as Art History and I went to it to widen … More Wrestling with an Angel – Reflecting on Kauffman, J-P. (2003) [trans. Clancy, P.]
Wednesday, 1 Aug 2018, 20:01Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 1 Aug 2018, 21:43 Fred Uhlman: A reunion with the Hatton Gallery Little Yid – never come backOr we’ll break your bloody neck (Uhlman 1971 from Reunion)[1] The point about Uhlman’s Reunion is that there is no ‘coming back’, thus no reunion – not really! In Reunion a … More Fred Uhlman: A reunion with the Hatton Gallery (and reflecting on anti-Semitism)
Saturday, 4 Aug 2018, 14:03Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Sunday, 5 Aug 2018, 18:58 Steve’s 2018 Booker Longlist Readings 3. Robertson, Robin. The Long Take or A Way to Lose More Slowly London, Picador Poetry. This year I’ve decided not to set out to read all of the longlist but just those of which … More Steve’s 2018 Booker 3. Robertson, Robin. The Long Take
Wednesday, 8 Aug 2018, 19:10Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 8 Aug 2018, 20:14 Steve’s 2018 Booker Longlist Readings 4. Michael Ondaatje. Warlight London, Jonathan Cape. This year I’ve decided not to set out to read all of the longlist but just those of which I had not acquired some prejudice (I’m not going … More Steve’s 2018 Booker 4. Michael Ondaatje. ‘Warlight’
Thursday, 9 Aug 2018, 16:14Visible to anyone in the worldEdited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 9 Aug 2018, 16:24 Classifying or ‘classing’ the metaphors of a Painter’s Relationship to their Canvas: Reflecting on Düchting, H. (2002) Paul Klee: Painting Music Munich, Prestel Verlag. Düchting’s work is a scholarly examination of the varied uses of references to music as … More Social Class, Classifying and Descriptions in Art – Paul Klee to start with!
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