Myke Bartlett

"At least if you’re a fan of a certain age. If you are, like me, someone who never grew out of Doctor Who, because it was taken away before I had the chance."

God, this explains so much. Never thought of it like that before, thank you.

Nice of them to give history documentary makers of the future a visual metaphor to work with

When my kids wrote a song using AI, all I could think was: you missed the fun part | Myke Bartlett The arrival of AI is a chance to remind kids that the joy of creativity is not in what you made, but in the process of making it

I wrote for @australia.theguardian.com about helping kids realise that – in an age when ChatGPT can generate "art" in a nanosecond – it's the creative process that matters more than the outcome.

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Thanks Rich! I hope so too... at present it feels like schools (particularly primary level) are totally unprepared for AI.

When my kids wrote a song using AI, all I could think was: you missed the fun part | Myke Bartlett The arrival of AI is a chance to remind kids that the joy of creativity is not in what you made, but in the process of making it

Fantastic article by @mykebartlett.bsky.social. I don't think it was until my university years that I understood fully how the process was the point of learning, and the result was secondary.

I really hope education can quickly catch up here and reframe "process as the point" from a young age.

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News photo of Amelia Hamer, Jane Hume and Peter Dutton holding drinks at a party. Amelia looks like a frightened rabbit, Jane is gurning, Dutton is grimacing.

Best pic ever.

Well done James Brickwood.

Only 1% of candidates can answer this

Listened to this @bigfinish.bsky.social on a long drive with the kids yesterday. The 12yo’s review: “it pulls you in and won’t let you go.” Mine echoes Matt’s below. Lots of fun.

Listened to all six episodes on a long drive with the kids yesterday – we all thoroughly enjoyed it! Your (mini) review was spot on. Very 80s fantasy – if not very 80s Who (although feel 80s Who could have very successfully leaned in this direction).

I will add our kids (10/12) just watched and enjoyed all 7 episodes of Ambassadors of Death, so maybe I’m being unfair.

I would have too, but I’m fully aware I was a weird kid. Our kids are weird too, but I think they’d both find this too static and dark. My platonic version of Who is horror films for kids, which is such a hard balance. Think RTD used to get it just right, most of the time.

I prided myself on being rational and easygoing. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports | Myke Bartlett Coaching has brought me into close and uncomfortable contact with aspects of my own character that had been hitherto concealed – much like parenting

I wrote this for the @theguardian.com about how coaching (like parenting) often brings you face-to-face with parts of your character you’d rather avoid.

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I will add that it was meant to be self-deprecating and guilt-ridden (written after a semi in which I felt I could have subbed more equitably), but seems to have been read as an argument for ruthlessness. Kids sport – so fraught!

I prided myself on being rational and easygoing. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports | Myke Bartlett Coaching has brought me into close and uncomfortable contact with aspects of my own character that had been hitherto concealed – much like parenting

I wrote this for the @theguardian.com about how coaching (like parenting) often brings you face-to-face with parts of your character you’d rather avoid.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I prided myself on being rational and easy-going. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports | Myke Bartlett Coaching has brought me into close and uncomfortable contact with aspects of my own character that had been hitherto concealed – much like parenting

I prided myself on being rational and easy-going. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports | Myke Bartlett

Oh, now I’m tempted. BF has been so hit and miss lately I wasn’t sure I could commit funds to two box sets for one story.

With Doctor Who scoring its lowest ever overnights, this piece seems to have been (sadly) well-timed.

Thanks Shaun! Fantastic to hear. Was thinking about Kilbey and co just this week…

The end of Doctor Who | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine Time does weird things as you get older. Just ask Doctor Who. It seems only yesterday (it was 2023) that a returning Russell T Davies was saving the ageing show from ratings oblivion — with the help…

There is value in art that takes us away from our present moment and its suffocating value system. Good television need not be a manifesto.

On the failings of Disney Who to connect with an audience.

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I watched this again a couple of weeks ago. Always think it’s too soon to revisit, always wrong. With each passing year, this and Zygons gain a bit more stature over pretty much all of the rest of Classic Who.

Surely we can get a podcast out of this, at least?

YouTube video by Horizons by RAC Augusta | 6 Reasons This Seaside Town Is Worth a Visit | Western Australia

In a strange turn of events, I have somehow ended up hosting a monthly travelogue series.

This is the first episode.

Moon Stallion is on YouTube – the kids watched it a few years back. Think it was released as part of that short lived BBC VOD service?

We can’t control what disasters a new year may bring. Stoicism can help us get up and try again | ... Social media can amplify our own helplessness and guilt – perhaps it’s time to return our focus from the global to the local, where we can truly make a change

"If I can’t manage global peace this year, maybe I can still help raise money for a new playground or grow some half-decent rhubarb. Maybe I can be more patient with the kids or listen better to a friend in trauma." - @mykebartlett.bsky.social on stoicism in 2023

This is a thing I am doing. Again. It's too late to stop me now.
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Getting lost in local bushland was a grand parenting disaster. Our children adored it | Myke Bartlet... A day of trauma has become a treasured memory for the kids – a real-life adventure

Getting lost in the wilds of my local suburb inspired this @guardianaustralia.bsky.social piece on why bad parenting can be good for kids… and why we should all try to get lost more often.

A very British series | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine Dr Who has succeeded because and not in spite of its limitations…

As Doctor Who finally gets a mega budget, I argue that cheapness — and the necessity to be smarter, funnier and more creative — has long been its secret weapon

'Part of the culture': Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who for 60 years Doctor Who has been on our screens for 60 years. Australians have been loving and contributing to the show for that entire time. Find out how the Doctor remains connected to fans Down Under.

Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years