Myke Bartlett
@mykebartlett.bsky.social
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Writer-type, tea drinker, existentialist vicar.
Dance, magic dance: 40 years in the Labyrinth
genxchange.substack.com/p/dance-magi...
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Dance, magic dance
40 years lost in the Labyrinth
https://genxchange.substack.com/p/dance-magic-dance
about 1 month ago
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Scott Wortley
4 months ago
Nice of them to give history documentary makers of the future a visual metaphor to work with
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I wrote for
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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...
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/21/kids-wrote-song-using-ai-artificial-intelligence-missed-fun-part-opinion
4 months ago
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Rich Haridy
4 months ago
Fantastic article by
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. 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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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
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/21/kids-wrote-song-using-ai-artificial-intelligence-missed-fun-part-opinion?fbclid=IwY2xjawNjrwtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn9gM9_VgYRuJDqkAb72gf1e14iXJKYP_QOWZcWFyXLOri6FBRz2ecf5VJsW_aem_XqbwH3dQN7lopK8cGD9p1Q
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Live pictures from Coalition HQ
10 months ago
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Jessie L
10 months ago
Best pic ever. Well done James Brickwood.
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Ken Cheng
10 months ago
Only 1% of candidates can answer this
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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.
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10 months ago
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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...
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/21/i-prided-myself-on-being-rational-and-easygoing-then-i-started-coaching-competitive-kids-sports
10 months ago
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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...
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/21/i-prided-myself-on-being-rational-and-easygoing-then-i-started-coaching-competitive-kids-sports
10 months ago
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The Guardian
10 months ago
I prided myself on being rational and easy-going. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports | Myke Bartlett
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/21/i-prided-myself-on-being-rational-and-easygoing-then-i-started-coaching-competitive-kids-sports?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1745259271
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With Doctor Who scoring its lowest ever overnights, this piece seems to have been (sadly) well-timed.
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10 months ago
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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...
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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…
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-end-of-doctor-who/
10 months ago
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In a strange turn of events, I have somehow ended up hosting a monthly travelogue series. This is the first episode.
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Augusta | 6 Reasons This Seaside Town Is Worth a Visit | Western Australia
YouTube video by Horizons by RAC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFV6QJUg8sE&list=PLy8SxAuc8I_hEiUNYooLLWixhIByE96ZP
about 1 year ago
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Chris Leo Palermino
about 2 years ago
"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." -
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on stoicism in 2023
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/29/we-cant-control-what-disasters-a-new-year-may-bring-stoicism-can-help-us-get-up-and-try-again?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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This is a thing I am doing. Again. It's too late to stop me now.
salmonanddusk.com
about 2 years ago
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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.
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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
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/30/getting-lost-in-local-bushland-was-a-grand-parenting-disaster-our-children-adored-it?fbclid=IwAR3nmdlajY4STyDwEjsLnqSmgNjzbmq1lZ1Ynh8W55EDdFmvnWSGPJeua0g
about 2 years ago
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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
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A very British series | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine
Dr Who has succeeded because and not in spite of its limitations…
https://thecritic.co.uk/a-very-british-series/
about 2 years ago
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Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years
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'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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/doctor-who-celebrates-60-years-and-australian-connections/103125720
over 2 years ago
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Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years
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'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.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/doctor-who-celebrates-60-years-and-australian-connections/103125720
over 2 years ago
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10 years since the most exciting 7 minutes of television ever (not quite) broadcast.
#DoctorWho
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over 2 years ago
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“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.”
over 2 years ago
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Reading has long been gendered as a “feminine” activity, but publishing now seems to be leaning into that perception.
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Boys need books | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine
The gendering of publishing has gone too far…
https://thecritic.co.uk/boys-need-books/
over 2 years ago
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My kind of travel writing
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8 Op Shops in WA's South West Worth Exploring | RAC WA
Explore some of the South West's Best Op Shops including Collie, Donnybrook, Nannup, Bridgetown, Manjimup and more.
https://rac.com.au/travel-touring/info/op-shops-south-west-wa
over 2 years ago
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Thomas Caldwell
over 2 years ago
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.
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Inspired by the news Nicolas Winding Refn is making three Famous Five films, I wrote about the mistakes filmmakers make when adapting classic texts.
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Let children’s stories be children’s stories | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine
We need more respect for the childhood imagination…
https://thecritic.co.uk/let-childrens-stories-be-childrens-stories/
over 2 years ago
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Greg Jericho
over 2 years ago
My column on the latest CPI figures
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Inflation has peaked – but will the RBA stop raising rates and focus on locking in low unemploymen...
The latest numbers show success in the fight against inflation even as jobs figures remain stable
https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2023/jul/27/rba-inflation-rate-australia-rising-interest-low-unemployment
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Forget that other place. Take the dog for a walk.
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Forget Twitter, my local dog park is the real town square | Myke Bartlett
I have long suspected there were people outside my echo chambers, but I didn’t realise how much I would like them
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/05/forget-twitter-my-local-dog-park-is-the-real-town-square
over 2 years ago
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I was a football atheist. Now I don’t know which team to believe in.
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I was a football atheist until the Women’s World Cup arrived. How do I pick a team, or can I cheer...
For many Australians, given our diverse demographics, the answer might not be as obvious as choosing the home side
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/20/i-was-a-football-atheist-until-the-womens-world-cup-arrived-how-do-i-pick-a-team-or-can-i-cheer-for-everyone
over 2 years ago
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