Andrew Kelly

Two film events coming up with @swsilents.bsky.social:

26 October: The Newcomers - a six-part BBC series from 1964 on Bristol followed by Money Into Light, John Boorman’s follow-up film about Bristol in 1985. Book here: www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

Lee Miller

Untitled (Funerary towers and Roman columns), Palmyra, c.1938

In Lee Miller Tate Britain show

Roland Penrose with mumps, Downshire Hill, London, 1942

In Lee Miller exhibition, Tate Britain.

Please excuse a little self-promotion over the next few weeks as I launch my book. I'm doing a whole bunch of in-person events across the country, but this virtual talk with Doug Stanton for the National Writers Series will be a lot of fun.

nationalwritersseries.org/author-event...

Earl Grey tea with the latest Richard Holmes. A third of the way in and it is as excellent as all his other books. What a remarkable writer. Having done a few events with him, I can add he’s a lovely man.

Finally read this, which is as good as everyone says.

Walked around Forest of Imagination at Entry Hill, Bath, late yesterday afternoon. Good to see this project continuing. I’m hosting the discussion today about creative education (and probably much more given excellent participants). Details here: @forestofimaginatn.bsky.social.

22 November: World War One double bill: The Battle of the Somme (1916) and Paths of Glory (1957). Book here: www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

Presented by @swsilents.bsky.social.

Two film events coming up with @swsilents.bsky.social:

26 October: The Newcomers - a six-part BBC series from 1964 on Bristol followed by Money Into Light, John Boorman’s follow-up film about Bristol in 1985. Book here: www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

The Guardian view on working-class representation in the arts: Manchester can lead the way | Editorial Editorial: A pioneering enquiry in the north-west can help deliver fresh solutions to a national problem. Amid deepening social divisions, it takes on a vital task

‘Levelling up the arts can be a driver of growth, a source of social cohesion and a vehicle for cultural empowerment. Hopefully, after a period of much talk and little action, the city that gave us Shelagh Delaney, Caroline Aherne and the Gallagher brothers can lead the way.’

Fine evening last night watching The Ballad of Wallis Island followed by on-stage discussion between Tim Key and @neilramjee.bsky.social. Thank you Neil and @wshed.bsky.social. You help make Bristol a cinema city of excellence.

RSA x Forest Join us for the art nature event at the Forest of Imagination, where creativity meets ecology in an inspiring local space.

Looking forward to hosting Forest of Imagination Climate Education Roundtable Thursday 2 October 4.30-6pm Entry Hill, Bath BA2 5NA. With Margaret Heffernan, Andrew Grant, Peter Clegg, Dr Debbie Yeboah (PhD) and Alf Coles. More details below.

Daily Telegraph Review has the 25 greatest war films today. It’s beaten by The Great Escape (oddly) but Paths of Glory is in at number 4. This is being shown @swsilents.bsky.social in Bristol with Battle of the Somme (1916) 22 November with an introduction by me.

Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Tony Harrison obituary: acclaimed Yorkshire poet and playwright Writer whose poem V upset Mary Whitehouse and who was determined to show that the arts are not the preserve of the middle and upper classes dies aged 88

Sad to read this. A wonderful poet. I remember - with great fondness and learning - seeing many of his film poems.

Appalling practice and picture.

Coming up 22 November. I’m hosting this terrific double bill for @swsilents.bsky.social: Battle of the Somme (with live music) and Paths of Glory. Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

Local charity shop:

John Boorman and Bristol: SWS | South West Silents

Coming up 26 October: two films about Bristol. The Newcomers, made by John Boorman before he went on to Hollywood fame, helped launched BBC2 in 1964. In Money into Light he returns to Bristol 25 years later. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social for partnership and @filmhubsw.bsky.social for support.

John Boorman and Bristol: SWS | South West Silents

More than 72% of tickets now sold for screening of rarely seen Bristol films 26 October with @swsilents.bsky.social. Book here: www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

UK borrowing rises to worse-than-expected £18bn in August Figure comes as Treasury prepares budget that is expected to include tax rises to plug yawning deficit

Festival of Economics looks at debt and borrowing 18 November. Details here: www.economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-...

Danny Boyle to revive spirit of Festival of Britain after 75 years The Southbank Centre will be transformed in May with a show-stopping series of exhibitions and performances

Festival of Britain 75th anniversary (whole country) to be celebrated only in London? The original had activity all around the country.

www.thetimes.com/article/2098...

What Was Behind David Bowie’s Genius? His Archive Holds the Answers. The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer’s 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to the pop star’s dramatic reinventions.

This is a nice piece - both in what it says and how it is presented.

From shocking short stories to a talking foetus: Ian McEwan’s 10 best books – ranked! As the author’s future-set novel, What We Can Know, hits shelves, we assesses his top 10 works – from chilling short stories to Booker prize-winning satire

Guardian on Ian McEwan’s books. I’m interviewing Ian tonight for Toppings Bath on his new book What We Can Know. Book here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/...

Just arrived. Last year we ran a season in our city film festival on some of the rubble films. I’ve seen The Murderers Are Among Us but not the others. Terrific job by Eureka. Order here: eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/wrack-...

What We Can Know — Ian McEwan’s most entertaining novel in years In a dystopian 22nd-century Britain, the quest for an elusive literary masterpiece raises questions of how we relate to both the past and the future

‘What We Can Know is aware of its limitations and comfortable in its skin, making it McEwan’s most entertaining and enjoyable novel for years.’ on.ft.com/41NMaXr

I’m interviewing Ian McEwan 16 September. Book here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/...

Early morning walk with heron and a rower.

John Boorman and Bristol: SWS | South West Silents

Thank you. Have you seen this event about Bristol 26 October? www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

22 November I’m introducing the special double bill for @swsilents.bsky.social of the classic silent film The Battle of the Somme (1916) and Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, Paths of Glory (1957). ti.to/film-noir-uk...

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18-21 November: I’m part of the team that has put together the Festival of Economics 2025. Most sessions now online: www.economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-...

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26 October: I’m introducing the special John Boorman and Bristol event where we show two films about Bristol - The Newcomers and Money Into Light. Thanks to @swsilents.bsky.social

www.southwestsilents.com/event-detail...

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