'Jordan Peterson, an even more famous soothsayer of the so-called Christian revival, not only ignores facts, he openly disdains them. Drunk on symbolism, he seems sincerely not to care whether something is factually true or not' @richarddawkins.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/richardd...

'How we might interpret class conflict in a non-Marxist way, the deranged individualism of the English, and why generosity can so easily generate resentment' Louise Perry and Nina Power discuss The Yookay open.substack.com/pub/ninapowe...

'It was OK to be sensitive, pleasant and shambolic. In our ingenuous and artless marginal lives, validation was just another pleasurable exotic encounter' Where do I begin with... The Lemonheads Simon Harrison in The Line Of Best Fit open.substack.com/pub/bestfitm...

"The thought occurred that this kind of ‘Anglofuturism’ was the actual Dadaist-style counter-narrative to the social progress mode of art in pretty much every establishment art gallery going" Based in Kings Cross - Power & Intimacy Exhibition SBwP open.substack.com/pub/seanbwpa...

'My fear about The Life Of A Showgirl era is that the relatability and kinship that made her so initially successful is fading' The Line of Best Fit on new Tay Tay album open.substack.com/pub/bestfitm...

Delighted that my painting Eggheads & Cocktails has been included in the Through The Eyes Of A Child 3D exhibition by Culturally Arts Collective Catalogue also available in link. Thank you CAC! www.culturallyarts.com

New album: The Believe Years Non-album singles, live tracks and other miscellanea, 1993-2018 'Wonderful...the songs are as heartfelt as they are intelligent' - Alain de Botton Available via @routenote.bsky.social and all online stores Listen here: open.spotify.com/album/17o8M6...

@seanbwparker5000.bsky.social's "Artists at Work" worked wonders with linework and composition.

We love your work, Sean! Best of luck and thank you for sharing with us 😊

'What we see here is a new national philosophy that is a course-correction the sensible left, right, and middle can agree on; a rebalancing of liberty and equality in favour of fraternity' Unity is Coming - National Liberalism, by Postwoke Pete open.substack.com/pub/postwoke...

My 2023 portrait 'Jonathan King' has been included in the recent 'Faux' issue of Massachusetts based Meat For Tea - The Valley Review Thank you MFT! Order here: meatfortea.com/buy.htm

I was interviewed by jl-interviews recently, and thought they did a very good job Alongside my Harold Pinter portrait (Judge's Choice winner at this year's Worthing Open Exhibition) Read in full here: www.jlinterviews.com/sean-bw-park...

'We are here to talk about Kim and Kim famously left The Pixies. In my mind it's because they couldn’t sustain her need to create' Where do I begin with... Kim Deal - by Luis Felber in The Line of Best Fit open.substack.com/pub/bestfitm...

'Bentham’s design was never directly used, but the idea took hold as a symbol of state overreach and control, most famously in Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish' Andrew Doyle on Starmer's digital ID as 'Panopticon' open.substack.com/pub/andrewdo...

'I don’t particularly care where my art comes from,” he added. “It doesn’t bother me if someone wears a For Britain badge [Morrissey] or is an anti-semite or whatever and they’re making extraordinary music' Nick Cave has no shits left to give www.nme.com/news/music/n...

Delighted that my painting Artists At Work (2024) has been nominated for the Best Of The Net Awards by In Short Literary Journal Thank you @inshortlit.bsky.social!

'Of course, there are differences between the IRA and Hamas. They both aimed to defeat a larger neighbour, but the IRA never believed that the UK or the British people did not have a right to exist' PEACE IN GAZA? I'VE BEEN THERE - Phelim McAleer open.substack.com/pub/phelimmc...

Sadly I wasn't able to attend the opening night of Arrival Gallery's exhibition this weekend at Kings Cross - but see if you can spot my The Execution of Holofernes amongst London's art-loving finest in their pics below Thank you @ArrivalGallery! www.arrivalgallery.com/blog/london2...

'Great art, as this show demonstrates, raises more questions than it answers - or rather, it answers questions in a way that unveils deeper mysteries' BoloXology review of new Simon Evans show The Devil’s Work open.substack.com/pub/boloxolo...

Ed Davey & Paula Vennells At The Post Office (2025) More paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

Video for new Ed Harcourt singe A Ghost Walked Through Me, from his forthcoming album Orphic, out November 12 Photo of me joining Ed to sing his Shadowboxing at Babylon club, Istanbul, circa 2010 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4Y...

'Tolhurst’s quirky humanity comes through every page, and it’s clear that he brought much colour to the band’s creative high-point run of albums through the 1980s, to his ejection just before the release of the band’s Disintegration' @loltolhurst.bsky.social medium.com/@seanbwparke...

My painting The Execution of Holofernes (2025) is included in exhibition at Arrival Gallery, 114 Kings Cross Road, London until Sunday 27th September www.arrivalgallery.com

"Britain’s establishment church leaders are squirming. In an open letter published this weekend, luminaries including Lords, Bishops, and a former Archbishop of Canterbury, warned against the ‘misuse of Christianity’" Joanna Williams open.substack.com/pub/cieo/p/t...

Video for new Ed Harcourt singe A Ghost Walked Through Me, from his forthcoming album Orphic, out November 12 Photo of me joining Ed to sing his Shadowboxing at Babylon club, Istanbul, circa 2010 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ4Y...

My Saatchi Art page has been undated with my recent work, from the South Bank to Ricky Gervais to Times Square: portraits, abstracts, 'music' paintings - all the madness in one place Have a nose and a share, if you're so inclined www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

My painting Jane Austen, Salisbury Road in the current issue of the delightful Muse zine Thank you Muse! themusezine.wixsite.com/muse/sunsoak

Janice Fiamengo (2025) University of Ottowa academic and critic of contemporary cultural politics More art here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

Sean Bw Parker: A Cross-Disciplinary Visionary — Painting, Poetry, and Cultural Inquiry www.jlinterviews.com/sean-bw-park...

"Reform has blown apart everything that once seemed so stable about the British electoral system. People want an alternative to the ‘uni-party’ consensus" Only the private school class plan to vote Labour - writes Joanna Williams open.substack.com/pub/cieo/p/l...

'I hear a lot of angry songs directed towards men. Throw a stick in any direction and you will hit a song like that. But a song like this? Not so much' Wonderful piece by Gen X Anecdotes on the complex power of Dolly Parton's Jolene open.substack.com/pub/genxanec...

My paintings are back at Times Square! This time my recent portrait of Jay Mack Comedian - along with Mars: The Bringer of War and The Blues Are Still Blue - from 15:09 for the rest of the day Top left billboard, bottom row Thanks to Arteom Gallery share.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7Tz...

'Every day life, but never monotonous. Any scene could contain the elements to become a Martin Parr photograph. Only he has the magic touch - a style that is instantly recognisable' Martin Parr: Utterly Lazy and Inattentive - by Ella Nixon open.substack.com/pub/ellanixo...

The Trial (2025) More paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

'Parker cautions against art being subsumed by charitable or managerial imperatives, advocating for a broader sense of artistic freedom and complexity' @JoannaLongawa Interviews www.jlinterviews.com/sean-bw-park...

My recent painting Mars: The Bringer of War - inspired by the Holst piece - has been displayed over Times Square throughout today, Sunday 7th September Billboard on left, bottom row, third from left More here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw... @mrrickygervais.bsky.social

'The endless TikTok videos of young people gloating about Charlie Kirk’s death is beyond disturbing The scale of the cruelty, authoritarianism and infantilism in the mainstream left is now impossible to dismiss' Andrew Doyle open.substack.com/pub/andrewdo...

Political violence has no place anywhere in our country. We need to stop this cycle of senseless violence. No family deserves this. I'm sorry for Charlie Kirk's family's loss, and I'm sending my condolences and prayers.

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.

Curious Minds newsletter- issue 4, September 2025 Academics in prison @dwrm.bsky.social

My first solo poetry collection Panopticon will be published on 12th December 2025 by Close To The Bone Publishing “There is language, only language” - Richard Burton Pre-order and details in link www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPWW1K5Y #poetrycollection #poetryanthology

'Could management teams be the new record labels?' No doubt - and this is why an anti-tech, anti-identitarian, pro-spontaneity revolution is needed in the music industry. To save it from this sort of thing The Line Of Best Fit open.substack.com/pub/bestfitm...

Join representatives from Empowering The Innocent, Falsely Accused Network, Falsely Accused Support Organisation, FACT, Spoken Injustice and more at #InternationalFalselyAccusedDay, 9th September - Simon Warr's birthday - outside Royal Courts of Justice, 2-4pm

My recent painting Mars: The Bringer of War - inspired by the Holst piece - has been displayed over Times Square throughout today, Sunday 7th September Billboard on left, bottom row, third from left More here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw... @mrrickygervais.bsky.social

My paintings A Woman Named Heather and Mars: The Bringer of War are featured in issue 34 of Visual Art Journal: visualartjournal.com/2025/08/13/i... They will also be on electronic billboards in Times Square on Sunday 7th, hourly from 12:08 EST: share.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7Tz...

My first solo poetry collection Panopticon will be published on 12th December 2025 by Close To The Bone Publishing “There is language, only language” - Richard Burton Pre-order and details in link www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FPWW1K5Y #poetrycollection #poetryanthology

'“Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do”. Just a song, but some so-called “grown ups” have taken this “off with the fairies” twaddle to heart and turned it into policy' GenXAnecdotes on the comedown from ravey liberal to Gen X conservative open.substack.com/pub/genxanec...

Bowie and Madonna by The Postman At the Pepita Coffee/Fatboy Slim art exhibition at Hove Engineerium, August 2025 #davidbowie #madonna #popart

My painting Wings (1979) has won a Commended Koestler Arts award Thank you @PaulMcCartney and co! More paintings here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/seanbw...

'Bromley Little Theatre warned those attending its production of Nicholas Nickleby that the play contained ‘Dickensian slurs’ Frankly, I’d want my money back if it didn’t' Joanna Williams on the deathlessness of 'Trigger Warnings' open.substack.com/pub/cieo/p/w...