Dance, magic dance: 40 years in the Labyrinth genxchange.substack.com/p/dance-magi...

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

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. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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.

Live pictures from Coalition HQ

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.

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 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

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

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. thecritic.co.uk/the-end-of-d...

In a strange turn of events, I have somehow ended up hosting a monthly travelogue series. This is the first episode.

"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. salmonanddusk.com

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.

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

Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years

Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years

10 years since the most exciting 7 minutes of television ever (not quite) broadcast. #DoctorWho youtu.be/-U3jrS-uhuo?...

“Sure. It’s a genre with a staggering lack of diversity, popular with racists, and trading on outdated attitudes about sex and gender. Also, the songs all sound the same.”

Reading has long been gendered as a “feminine” activity, but publishing now seems to be leaning into that perception.

My kind of travel writing

Agree: 'There is a curious affliction amongst contemporary filmmakers that causes them to make kids films that aren’t really for kids at all, but for mini-adults.' Critics don't help. When doing CHIFF research I often notice kids films dismissed for not appealing more to adults.

Inspired by the news Nicolas Winding Refn is making three Famous Five films, I wrote about the mistakes filmmakers make when adapting classic texts.

My column on the latest CPI figures

Forget that other place. Take the dog for a walk.

I was a football atheist. Now I don’t know which team to believe in.