My ‘music paintings’ from the last couple of years - with handy track links Featuring @nickcave, @rickygervais, @kristinhersh, @LozzaFox, @KenStringfellow, @Glinner, @DominicFrisby, @thestoneroses, @Damonalbarn and more open.substack.com/pub/seanbwpa...

"An observation of the day was that the £500K fine levied at Sussex Uni appeared to have mysteriously focussed the minds of some other universities. As Spinal Tap once said so eloquently: ‘Money talks and bullshit walks’" Me on the AFAF conference 2025 www.afaf.org.uk/we-need-to-b...

'Goya’s macabre still life starkly contrasts with Thiebaud’s pristine depictions of meat. A comparison of how the two artists approached the genre reveals how bloody revolutionary Europe has been polished over time' Ella Nixon at the The Courtauld open.substack.com/pub/ellanixo...

Delighted to report after a few weeks of listening that The Last Dinner Party's second album From The Pyre is just as good as their classic debut Prelude To Ecstasy Both utterly compelling, all the way through open.spotify.com/album/3xxkjx...

'I have long been a writer who spends a good deal of time sprawled typing away on a chaise longue, with frequent outings to places of libation and mastication; apart from the fact that I can’t walk, not much has changed since a year ago' Julie Burchill open.substack.com/pub/juliebur...

'I haven't travelled on a train or walked in a straight line for 40 years' Jeremy Bamber on Heidi Blake's New Yorker podcast Jeremy is the only prisoner serving a whole life order in the UK to consistently maintain their innocence

Delighted that my Nick Cave - Wild God has won a Creative Excellence Award in Circle Arts' Paris Contest Prints proving popular since Nick himself shared it on his Red Hand Files website recently. Get your own here (various sizes and materials): www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/print/...

'The exhibition’s vitality, in other words, wasn’t only aesthetic but civic - proof that a culture can still generate form without institutional sanction' Power & Intimacy in Pimlico Journal - by Lana Starkey www.pimlicojournal.co.uk/p/londons-ne...

Lovely art summary here from London's ArtFlow Studio Thank you ArtFlow! www.artflowstudiofficial.com/seanbwparker

Beethoven's 7th Symphony, 2nd movement (Speaking Unto Nations) Listen along here: open.spotify.com/track/4EcOBe... Prints available here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/print/... #beethoven

My painting Mars: The Bringer of War has been on quite a journey this year, and is now included in The Palimsest of Memory exhibition (alongside my favourite living artist, Don Bergland...wow) Thank you Culturally Arts! Explore here: www.culturallyarts.com/palimpsestof...

'The film’s themes of parental absence and emotional substitution resonate uncannily with social shifts of the 1980s - no-fault divorce, career-driven parenting, and even the idea of surrogacy' Labyrinth as social commentary - who'd have thought it? open.substack.com/pub/isaacbas...

My new painting Richard E. Grant and Helena Bonham Carter at Christmas will be in the Chinwe Russell Christmas Auction from November 16th to December 7th - Lot 0377 Register and get ready to bid here: www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2195590...

'Scottish judges have violated the rights of rape suspects, the UK Supreme Court decided yesterday The courts of Scotland are now under a duty to modify their current approach to the admissibility of evidence in sexual offences cases' Joshua Rozenberg open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

'It is particularly horrible to see that even in a discussion specifically focused on men’s pain and alienation, women’s demands and presumed needs remain central' Janice Fiamengo is unconvinced by Tucker Carlson and Chris Williamson feminism chat open.substack.com/pub/fiamengo...

'Not unreasonably, Trump is demanding a retraction and apology. He is not likely to be satisfied with what Samir Shah told the Commons culture, media and sport committee yesterday about the Panorama programme' Will Trump sue? - by Joshua Rozenberg open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

'Is the growing divide around the sexes now an issue to take seriously – perhaps in ways that class or racial divides might once have been addressed in the past?' Living Freedom open.substack.com/pub/clairefo...

Received this lovely card on behalf of Ashley Cumberpatch this week (in prison maintaining innocence) Sometimes we receive our reward in heaven, sometimes it comes through the letterbox! Read about Ashley's case here: empowerinnocent.wixsite.com/ccrcwatch/po...

'Feelings of deprivation lead marginalised minority members to perceive the political system as rigged, stimulating belief in both identity‐relevant and irrelevant conspiracy theories' Fascinating history of media-fuelled sex panics, by Jay Beecher open.substack.com/pub/jaybeech...

Various printed miscellanea of my 'artist paintings' - specifically Nick Cave, Ricky Gervais, The Famous Artist Birdy Rose and Ozzy Osbourne (for now) - available at @redbubble From very cheap to prohibitively expensive www.redbubble.com/people/seanb...

When ETI met APMI Dr Michael Naughton of Empowering The Innocent spoke to Danny Barrs of the Association of Prisoners Maintaining Innocence about Danny's wrongful conviction and wider justice reform Including notes for James Timpson, Deborah Meaden and more www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2sn...

The Famous Artist Birdy Rose (2025) Prints available here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/print/...

"Scottish children are being educated about their ‘whiteness’ and ‘white privilege’, or alternatively, their victimhood" Why Scottish education matters – even if you don't live in Scotland 15/11/25 open.substack.com/pub/clairefo...

Removing counter-intuitive and punitive licence conditions for those consistently maintaining innocence would save HMPPS many thousands of pounds - and be the right thing to do Fighting crime needs funding - Joshua Rozenberg open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

'Not only do I have a rock solid alibi now, but proof that Essex police covered up Milbank’s evidence by faking a witness statement to mislead the courts' Jeremy Bamber via Simon Hattenstone in @theguardian.com But will the CCRC refer Bamber's case? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Richard E. Grant and Helena Bonham Carter at Christmas (2025) Prints available here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/print/... @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social #Christmas2025

'This internal threat is hostile to the key tenets, principles and foundations that sustain us as well as our communities - havens in a heartless world - our families, our freedom' Bruno Waterfield and Claire Fox on Orwell and Patriotic Renewal open.substack.com/pub/clairefo...

'I’ve been back to the Brighton hospital twice (a suicide attempt and a pressure sore) and I’m back in the Hayward’s Heath hospital this week for a battalion of tests on my failing kidneys' Sending love and good vibes to Julie Burchill open.substack.com/pub/juliebur...

Thanks for the SOCIETY - portraits shout-out #LitUpEvents! Available here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F48B2QY8

Richard E. Grant and Helena Bonham Carter at Christmas (2025) Prints available here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/print/... @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social #Christmas2025

'In one artwork, they adopt the persona of “White Bastards”, which, in fact, boosts their street cred to a gangster level, as suggested in the iconography they borrow from films' Gilbert & George at the Hayward Gallery - by Ella Nixon open.substack.com/pub/ellanixo...

'What we have is a shift in feeling but not in meaning Altering this situation requires a willingness to engage in a cultural revolution against the holders of cultural power' Frank Furedi on the 'vibe shift' open.substack.com/pub/frankfur...

Since Nick Cave shared my recent portrait of him as the cover for the recent missive of his Red Hand Files, prints for it have been flying out (relatively for little old me anyway). Available in various sizes here: www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/print/... And #HappyHalloween!

'An increasingly wide range of distressing life experiences now have the potential to be categorised as traumas' - Lucy Foulkes Awareness raising of MH creates more difficulties than solutions - Joanna Williams on new Foulkes book @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cieo/p/w...

'Probably because of her downmarket Sybil Fawlty persona, many do not realise what a grand dame she actually was in real life. Quite the woman of the theatre' Dominic Frisby memoriam of Prunella Scales - plus an ultra-rare sitcom www.frisbys.news/p/rememberin...

I recently guested on Read My Lips - The Creativity Show on Radio Red, alongside US novelists Peter J Stavros and John Bukowski 'The Nature of Creativity' www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGH-...

Me: A painting I just finished of you. Do you like it? Nick Cave: Yes Well that's my 2025 sorted. October's Nick Cave's Red Hand Files, where Nick directly answers questions from 'fans' (even if it's often 'go f*ck yourself') @nickcaveart.bsky.social www.theredhandfiles.com/75-questions...

Artists: @Freedom_in_Arts survey Have you faced pressure, censorship, or fear when sharing your work? We want to understand what’s really happening - the everyday realities of artistic life in 2025 All responses are confidential and anonymous t.co/heN3LLEUSY

'The album, upon reflection, almost moves beyond “confession” and into testimony. A friend pointed out rightly that the lyrics feel closer to prose than poetry' The Line of Best Fit on Lily Allen's divorce album West End Girl open.substack.com/pub/bestfitm...

My portrait of Janice Fiamengo was shown at The Secret Salon in Hackney recently - where I discovered the work of Adarsha Ajay She has very much a new fan

I'll be on a panel on Radio Red's The Creativity Show on Monday 27th October, 5pm EST (9pm UK) - talking about The Nature of Creativity, no less Join us here: www.youtube.com/@BonnieDRadi...

'The field that frightens me most is the law. All of us depend on a functioning legal system, and the rule of law will not survive the legal profession becoming majority female' Helen Andrews in @compactmagazin.bsky.social www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

My poem A Baptismal Feast has been included in the Vexatious Verse issue of 4LPH4NUM3R1C by Zoetic Press - narrated and written My debut poetry collection Panopticon is published on December 12th by Close To The Bone Thank you @zoeticpress.bsky.social! www.zoeticpress.com/an-06-vexati...

'The judge said those responsible for “shooting in the back unarmed civilians fleeing from them in the streets of a British city” should “hang their heads in shame”' But no conviction in Bloody Sunday trial Was justice done? - by Joshua Rozenberg open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

Do you remember one of the BRITs' finest years, 1991, when The Cure, Happy Mondays et al played, and it all seemed very relevant? Produced by Jonathan King, 'a highpoint' he says. Right is my portrait of JK in the recent Faux issue of Meat For Tea, available here: meatfortea.com/buy.htm

"Shouldn’t writers be remembered for the ‘beauty of their writing, the brilliance of their storytelling, and the power of their ideas?’" The Battle Book Club by Emma Gilland - referencing John Boyne and Oldspeak Books open.substack.com/pub/clairefo...

"The Law Commission proposed that the RPT be replaced with a ‘potential miscarriage of justice test’, but this would need a change in the law. Was there sufficient political will in the room to make this happen?" My report in Inside Time insidetime.org/newsround/fr...

My long time filmmaker pal Karl Ertunc has made a multi-part documentary on The Rolling Stones. He's a lifelong fan - and it shows Subscribe to Indiestanbul and have a watch/listen of Part One, below www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2mo...

'I spoke on a panel at the Battle of Ideas titled “What does post-woke art look like?” I took issue with the title and criticised reactionaries on both sides' - Ella Nixon It's that journalese 'look like' expression that irritates me open.substack.com/pub/ellanixo...

"The new evidence in this is showing that half of all of the figures relied upon in Robin's trial have now been shown to be invalid" - Dr Michael Naughton BBC's Mark Denten on Postmaster Robin Garbutt's alleged wrongful conviction www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...