Myke Bartlett
@mykebartlett.bsky.social
Writer-type, tea drinker, existentialist vicar.
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Nice of them to give history documentary makers of the future a visual metaphor to work with
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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.
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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
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October 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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.
I really hope education can quickly catch up here and reframe "process as the point" from a young age.
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
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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.
I really hope education can quickly catch up here and reframe "process as the point" from a young age.
Live pictures from Coalition HQ
May 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Live pictures from Coalition HQ
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Best pic ever.
Well done James Brickwood.
Well done James Brickwood.
May 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Best pic ever.
Well done James Brickwood.
Well done James Brickwood.
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Only 1% of candidates can answer this
April 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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’m currently listening to this one episode a week (Vol. 2 out next month). It’s got the feel of one of those classic BBC children’s serials: a chromakey fantasy quest, full of eccentric characters that pop up to give the heroes cryptic clues with a lamp of doom instead of a box of delights
April 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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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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.
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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
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April 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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...
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...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I prided myself on being rational and easy-going. Then I started coaching competitive kids’ sports | Myke Bartlett
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
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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...
On the failings of Disney Who to connect with an audience.
thecritic.co.uk/the-end-of-d...
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…
thecritic.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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...
On the failings of Disney Who to connect with an audience.
thecritic.co.uk/the-end-of-d...
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…
thecritic.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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...
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.
This is the first episode.
Augusta | 6 Reasons This Seaside Town Is Worth a Visit | Western Australia
YouTube video by Horizons by RAC
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February 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
In a strange turn of events, I have somehow ended up hosting a monthly travelogue series.
This is the first episode.
This is the first episode.
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"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
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
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December 29, 2023 at 3:17 AM
"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
salmonanddusk.com
December 5, 2023 at 5:00 AM
This is a thing I am doing. Again. It's too late to stop me now.
salmonanddusk.com
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.
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
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December 1, 2023 at 3:13 AM
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
A very British series | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine
Dr Who has succeeded because and not in spite of its limitations…
thecritic.co.uk
November 25, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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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Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years
'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.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years
Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who 60 years
'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.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2023 at 12:51 AM
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
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November 14, 2023 at 8:40 AM
10 years since the most exciting 7 minutes of television ever (not quite) broadcast. #DoctorWho
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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.”
November 14, 2023 at 8:28 AM
“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.
Boys need books | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine
The gendering of publishing has gone too far…
thecritic.co.uk
September 5, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Reading has long been gendered as a “feminine” activity, but publishing now seems to be leaning into that perception.
My kind of travel writing
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.
rac.com.au
August 3, 2023 at 2:48 AM
My kind of travel writing
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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.
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.
Let children’s stories be children’s stories | Myke Bartlett | The Critic Magazine
We need more respect for the childhood imagination…
thecritic.co.uk
July 30, 2023 at 2:10 AM
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.
Critics don't help. When doing CHIFF research I often notice kids films dismissed for not appealing more to adults.