Elise Bell
@eliseybell.bsky.social
Arts Writer and Commentator with words in Guardian, FT, Plaster Magazine, Independent and Dazed.
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Obsessed with ‘The Office Party’ episode of Man Alive on iPlayer - a 1969 documentary about an office Christmas party at a London based advertising agency that has it all: marital affairs, eyeliner, drunk directors, a man singing opera in Welsh. Long live the archive!
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Obsessed with ‘The Office Party’ episode of Man Alive on iPlayer - a 1969 documentary about an office Christmas party at a London based advertising agency that has it all: marital affairs, eyeliner, drunk directors, a man singing opera in Welsh. Long live the archive!
My time has finally come
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My time has finally come
Obsessed with the name of this baby carrier.
August 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Obsessed with the name of this baby carrier.
Incredible wall signage at the Titanic Immersive Experience
July 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Incredible wall signage at the Titanic Immersive Experience
Friends getting married, what a concept!
July 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Friends getting married, what a concept!
Real trend at the moment re famous people (actors, musicians etc) releasing to the media news of their artistic practice, almost always some terrible version of abstract expressionism and/or cartoonish version of pop art. A way to get cheap clicks? Media boost with faux sense of intelligence?
July 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Real trend at the moment re famous people (actors, musicians etc) releasing to the media news of their artistic practice, almost always some terrible version of abstract expressionism and/or cartoonish version of pop art. A way to get cheap clicks? Media boost with faux sense of intelligence?
Yeah not to be over-reactionary about this but I really think adverts like this should be illegal. This is plastered all over Old Street station.
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Yeah not to be over-reactionary about this but I really think adverts like this should be illegal. This is plastered all over Old Street station.
Me when I say I like activity dates
May 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Me when I say I like activity dates
Imagine this being the last thing you ever heard
April 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Imagine this being the last thing you ever heard
Pics from the walk. Not pictured, the state of nirvana I reached at mile 30-42, visual hallucinations, a dead owl, me finishing the last 7 miles sobbing the whole way, 120,994 steps.
April 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Pics from the walk. Not pictured, the state of nirvana I reached at mile 30-42, visual hallucinations, a dead owl, me finishing the last 7 miles sobbing the whole way, 120,994 steps.
Walked 50 miles in 17 and a half hours. Never want to walk again but it feels unreal!
April 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Walked 50 miles in 17 and a half hours. Never want to walk again but it feels unreal!
Amongst the greats he was just as great 🖤
April 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Amongst the greats he was just as great 🖤
This in particular. Anyways, each to their own but to live like this sounds like a strange and lonely existence.
March 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This in particular. Anyways, each to their own but to live like this sounds like a strange and lonely existence.
The nostalgic whiplash of finding on Google images the half naked Abercrombie shop model me and my sister posed with in 2010. Unbeatable. What a time.
March 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The nostalgic whiplash of finding on Google images the half naked Abercrombie shop model me and my sister posed with in 2010. Unbeatable. What a time.
Took this photo half cut last night and genuinely at the time I was like, this is the most beautiful piece of photography ever taken
March 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Took this photo half cut last night and genuinely at the time I was like, this is the most beautiful piece of photography ever taken
What I am calling a Fitzacarraldo deep cut, and it’s very good
March 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What I am calling a Fitzacarraldo deep cut, and it’s very good
Anyone know of someone based in London who might be able to help?
March 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Anyone know of someone based in London who might be able to help?
Went to see The Years - lots of jumbled thoughts on it but here you go.
March 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Went to see The Years - lots of jumbled thoughts on it but here you go.
I really, highly doubt how true this is.
March 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I really, highly doubt how true this is.
Genuinely been thinking so much about this.
March 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Genuinely been thinking so much about this.
18 mile figure eight loop around Cambridge yesterday as part of my training towards the 50. The walking was great but Cambridge cyclists have a blood lust and want to kill a person.
March 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
18 mile figure eight loop around Cambridge yesterday as part of my training towards the 50. The walking was great but Cambridge cyclists have a blood lust and want to kill a person.
And I say it again!!!
March 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
And I say it again!!!