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Thank you. Turner was at Aldeburgh, where Constable never seems to have made it there, despite his love of Crabbe. Will look out your book, which sounds excellent.

E.M. Forster, George Crabbe and 'Natural Painture' HERE IS E.M.

What links the horizontality and mud of Peter Grimes, and the first stirrings of a new vision of landscape in the painting of John Constable? And why is Benjamin Britten looking so perplexed?

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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

'Not the harmless environmentalists they pretend to be' signals the end of something - Ed Milliband should be furious.

Word of the day: sectarian. Being used to mean 'divisive', in the sense of narrow-minded bigotry.

You only have to stop and think about it, don't you?

This is all very wrong.

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They'll only find more recycled stories

This is what not giving in to fear looks like. Onward Greens.

Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere.
It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.

Terrific news, and winning well ahead of the field. Congratulations Hannah Spencer and onward Greens 💚✅✅✅

Spoke to a friend in Mexico City. Is it a war zone, as the British media are saying? Not one bit, perfectly peaceful and lovely weather. Is not most news borne of boredom? That's why we need the real news of art.

Will I ever remember to stand up straight in lectures

Green versus Reform on Art. Some thoughts in The Art Newspaper.

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Good point - nobody ever mentions the horses

The Wrong Wain A new idea about a famous painting.

Loved writing this one. So often it is the great works of art that lie open for fresh interpretation, as everyone thinks that someone else must have said everything that needs to be said. Rarely, if ever, true. jpstonard.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...

Controversial, but Max Richter's score for Hamnet, played this morning on Radio 3 is pure emotionally manipulative kitsch, and that following it by Sibelius 5 was an act of sublime criticism - what truly multi-dimensional art sounds like.

This is mind twisting

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I've been busy thinking and writing about the great painter John Constable, and am looking forward to holding forth next Monday at 6.30 at Snape Maltings, here in Suffolk, the first of six weekly lectures. Screen checks today - all in order (ish). Would love to see you all there.

I agree, plus the wholesale encouragement of street violence and the relentless propaganda ('we want people to be addicted to us' - Goebbels). But can we not just say that it is Trumpist, or Magaism?

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Thank you - really excellent to know. I look forward to reading, especially on Gainsborough, for the Constable connection.

This is really superb, one of the best things written in response to the Turner & Constable exhibition at Tate Britain.

Flatford flooding hits Constable's Hay Wain beauty spot - United Kingdom An area immortalised in paintings by John Constable has been hit by flooding on the 250th anniversary year of the artist's birth.

Flatford flooding hits Constable’s Hay Wain beauty spot

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An area immortalised in paintings by John Constable has been hit by flooding on the 250th anniversary year…#uk #news #uknews

Renowned for its painterly aesthetic, every frame of Stanley Kubrick's BARRY LYNDON was designed to emulate 18th-century paintings, notably works by William Hogarth, John Constable, and George Stubbs. Don't miss the masterpiece 17th February, 11th, 25th March, 5th & 16th April. 🎟️ buff.ly/78qjUAf

An excellent research opportunity for someone - the collections at Chatsworth really wonderful and significant.