kazbel
@kazbel.bsky.social
Reader, writer, questioner - based in the East Midlands. Loves public libraries, public transport, free access to the arts and quiet places in nature. Published as Kathleen Bell (mostly poetry) including by Shoestring and Leafe Press.
Will the hawthorn tree recover from this sculpting?
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Will the hawthorn tree recover from this sculpting?
I’m pleased to have a sequence of three linked poems in the September issue of Chainlink.
www.openbook.org.uk/chainlink/ta...
Thanks to the editors.
www.openbook.org.uk/chainlink/ta...
Thanks to the editors.
www.openbook.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’m pleased to have a sequence of three linked poems in the September issue of Chainlink.
www.openbook.org.uk/chainlink/ta...
Thanks to the editors.
www.openbook.org.uk/chainlink/ta...
Thanks to the editors.
I am not usually moved to tears by music but as Andras Schiff played Bach’s Art of Fugue at yesterday morning’s prom, I dissolved. I was caught up in the music and again and again let my tears fall silently while the music went on. I have never known a concert so wonderful or so moving.
August 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I am not usually moved to tears by music but as Andras Schiff played Bach’s Art of Fugue at yesterday morning’s prom, I dissolved. I was caught up in the music and again and again let my tears fall silently while the music went on. I have never known a concert so wonderful or so moving.
I particularly loved the second half of the first night of the proms: a new composition by Errollyn Wallen followed by a massive Vaughan Williams work of which I was previously unaware.
July 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I particularly loved the second half of the first night of the proms: a new composition by Errollyn Wallen followed by a massive Vaughan Williams work of which I was previously unaware.
Bertha Ryland’s damage to property certainly broke the law. Would it also be labelled terrorism if it happened today - and would support for her action and the suffragette campaign send people who merely sympathised to jail?
July 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Bertha Ryland’s damage to property certainly broke the law. Would it also be labelled terrorism if it happened today - and would support for her action and the suffragette campaign send people who merely sympathised to jail?
My latest cinema visit was to see Kurosawa’s Lear-derived film Ran - nearly three hours long, bloody, spectacular and bleak. It’s definitely one of the best films I know and, forty years after its first release, seems more relevant than ever.
July 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My latest cinema visit was to see Kurosawa’s Lear-derived film Ran - nearly three hours long, bloody, spectacular and bleak. It’s definitely one of the best films I know and, forty years after its first release, seems more relevant than ever.
I’m enjoying the new issue of @magmapoetry.bsky.social which includes poems by friends and introduces me to some very good poets who I hadn’t previously read. I have two poems in it too! Thanks to the editors.
June 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m enjoying the new issue of @magmapoetry.bsky.social which includes poems by friends and introduces me to some very good poets who I hadn’t previously read. I have two poems in it too! Thanks to the editors.
These new Satie recordings sound wonderful but why aren’t they on a cd for old-fashioned people like me? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death
Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new album
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
These new Satie recordings sound wonderful but why aren’t they on a cd for old-fashioned people like me? www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Hidden (Caché) is still on until Thursday at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema. I first saw it when it came out - perhaps twenty years ago - and, having seen it again, I still think it an outstandingly brilliant and thought-provoking work. Catch it if you can - and if you’re prepared to be disturbed.
June 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hidden (Caché) is still on until Thursday at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema. I first saw it when it came out - perhaps twenty years ago - and, having seen it again, I still think it an outstandingly brilliant and thought-provoking work. Catch it if you can - and if you’re prepared to be disturbed.
Badges from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social in Nottingham
June 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Badges from @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social in Nottingham
As a frequent cinema-goer, I’m happy to respond to Trump’s tariffs by watching only films produced outside the USA. I think I might find a wider variety of films that way.
May 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As a frequent cinema-goer, I’m happy to respond to Trump’s tariffs by watching only films produced outside the USA. I think I might find a wider variety of films that way.
One of the daffodils in my garden has bloomed.
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
One of the daffodils in my garden has bloomed.
Today’s joy - a hyacinth starts to open.
February 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Today’s joy - a hyacinth starts to open.
Time for reflection. (I have a bad cold.)
February 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Time for reflection. (I have a bad cold.)
Dusk. Have a happy evening.
January 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Dusk. Have a happy evening.
The Left Lion is ready for his close-up #Nottingham
January 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The Left Lion is ready for his close-up #Nottingham
I am absurdly happy to have seen a wren in my garden.
January 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I am absurdly happy to have seen a wren in my garden.
This morning the neighbours lapsed into invisibility.
January 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This morning the neighbours lapsed into invisibility.