Andrew Kelly
@andrewkelly.bsky.social
Writer, festival director, interviewer. Projects: Future City Film Festival, John Boorman, John Berger, William Gray Walter, revisiting J B Priestley, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel book. Writing/ interviewing/ editing: https://festivalofideas.substack.com
This upcoming @swsilents.bsky.social Gloria Swanson event is a treat - a triple treat in fact with two films and Meg Morley on piano. Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This upcoming @swsilents.bsky.social Gloria Swanson event is a treat - a triple treat in fact with two films and Meg Morley on piano. Book here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Always a highlight of the year. I’m booked to see 20 events. Follow @slapstickfest.bsky.social for updates. Full Slapstick programme here. slapstick.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Always a highlight of the year. I’m booked to see 20 events. Follow @slapstickfest.bsky.social for updates. Full Slapstick programme here. slapstick.org.uk
Also 5th February, Menjou is in A Gentleman of Paris (1927), as a suave boulevardier whose philandering ways finally catch up with him in this stylish and witty romantic farce. It’s an example of late silent-era sophistication. slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp... @slapstickfest.bsky.social 4/4
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Also 5th February, Menjou is in A Gentleman of Paris (1927), as a suave boulevardier whose philandering ways finally catch up with him in this stylish and witty romantic farce. It’s an example of late silent-era sophistication. slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp... @slapstickfest.bsky.social 4/4
On 5th February Menjou is in The Front Page @slapstickfest.bsky.social as sharp-tongued editor Walter Burns in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s landmark newsroom satire, a fast-talking comedy that laid the foundations for decades of screwball brilliance to come. slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp... 3/
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On 5th February Menjou is in The Front Page @slapstickfest.bsky.social as sharp-tongued editor Walter Burns in Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s landmark newsroom satire, a fast-talking comedy that laid the foundations for decades of screwball brilliance to come. slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp... 3/
On 4 February we see Menjou in the recently rediscovered, Are Parents People? (1925), a sophisticated comedy of manners brimming with wit, charm and emotional nuance. slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp... @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2/
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On 4 February we see Menjou in the recently rediscovered, Are Parents People? (1925), a sophisticated comedy of manners brimming with wit, charm and emotional nuance. slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp... @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2/
Watched this last night as preparation for our The Likely Lads event @slapstickfest.bsky.social 6 February 2026. Chosen very nice clip to show. Book here: slapstick.org.uk/events/the-l...
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Watched this last night as preparation for our The Likely Lads event @slapstickfest.bsky.social 6 February 2026. Chosen very nice clip to show. Book here: slapstick.org.uk/events/the-l...
Terrific evening on 6 February 2026 as the Slapstick Gala returns. Follow @slapstickfest.bsky.social for updates. Book for gala here: bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/sla...
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Terrific evening on 6 February 2026 as the Slapstick Gala returns. Follow @slapstickfest.bsky.social for updates. Book for gala here: bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/sla...
I’ve wanted to read these for many years. Coming next month from University of Chicago press.
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I’ve wanted to read these for many years. Coming next month from University of Chicago press.
Darren Jones MP speaking in our Festival of Economics meeting today which made me feel more hopeful than I have felt for a while.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Darren Jones MP speaking in our Festival of Economics meeting today which made me feel more hopeful than I have felt for a while.
Sarah O’Connor and Tim Harford recording tonight’s Cautionary Tales Podcast Festival of Economics about AI. Sarah’s book - We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work - is out from Allen Lane next June.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Sarah O’Connor and Tim Harford recording tonight’s Cautionary Tales Podcast Festival of Economics about AI. Sarah’s book - We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work - is out from Allen Lane next June.
Tim Harford rehearsing for his live podcast recording tonight at Festival of Economics.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Tim Harford rehearsing for his live podcast recording tonight at Festival of Economics.
Coming up from The Stradling Collection early next year. Looking forward to this very much. stradlingcollection.org/bauhaus-breu...
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Coming up from The Stradling Collection early next year. Looking forward to this very much. stradlingcollection.org/bauhaus-breu...
Excellent Festival of Economics discussion on building opportunity for working-class men with Alex Blower and Richard Gater, hosted excellently by Bethan Staton.
Richard Gater’s book here: bookstore.emerald.com/the-21st-cen...
Alex Blower’s book here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys
Richard Gater’s book here: bookstore.emerald.com/the-21st-cen...
Alex Blower’s book here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Excellent Festival of Economics discussion on building opportunity for working-class men with Alex Blower and Richard Gater, hosted excellently by Bethan Staton.
Richard Gater’s book here: bookstore.emerald.com/the-21st-cen...
Alex Blower’s book here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys
Richard Gater’s book here: bookstore.emerald.com/the-21st-cen...
Alex Blower’s book here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/lost-boys
Three fine panels in first day of Festival of Economics. An honest but optimistic account of where we are economically was followed by discussions on polarisation and then aid and defence.
Full houses too.
More tomorrow. Programme here: www.economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-...
Full houses too.
More tomorrow. Programme here: www.economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-...
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Three fine panels in first day of Festival of Economics. An honest but optimistic account of where we are economically was followed by discussions on polarisation and then aid and defence.
Full houses too.
More tomorrow. Programme here: www.economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-...
Full houses too.
More tomorrow. Programme here: www.economicsobservatory.com/festival-of-...
Waiting for the start of our 14th Festival of Economics. Thanks to @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for starting this all those years ago. It’s a full house to start looking at gloom and doom.
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Waiting for the start of our 14th Festival of Economics. Thanks to @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social for starting this all those years ago. It’s a full house to start looking at gloom and doom.
Delighted to be hosting this event on Adolphe Menjou and The Front Page @slapstickfest.bsky.social 5 February 2026.
slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Delighted to be hosting this event on Adolphe Menjou and The Front Page @slapstickfest.bsky.social 5 February 2026.
slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
I’m hosting the opening event of @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2026 with the first in a three-part series of films with Adolphe Menjou, Hollywood’s quintessential ‘gentleman of the screen’: Are Parents People? (1925)
Book here: slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
Book here: slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’m hosting the opening event of @slapstickfest.bsky.social 2026 with the first in a three-part series of films with Adolphe Menjou, Hollywood’s quintessential ‘gentleman of the screen’: Are Parents People? (1925)
Book here: slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
Book here: slapstick.org.uk/events/adolp...
Times on Labour’s rejection of swift bricks. I thought Labour would be a friend of nature but with failing to stop the badger cull and trail hunting and decisions like this I was wrong.
www.thetimes.com/article/1296...
www.thetimes.com/article/1296...
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Times on Labour’s rejection of swift bricks. I thought Labour would be a friend of nature but with failing to stop the badger cull and trail hunting and decisions like this I was wrong.
www.thetimes.com/article/1296...
www.thetimes.com/article/1296...
A week today - 22 November - we’re showing with @swsilents.bsky.social The Battle of the Somme and Paths of Glory. In my latest essay I look at the anti-war cinema of the First World War. open.substack.com/pub/festival.... Subscribe for free for more.
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A week today - 22 November - we’re showing with @swsilents.bsky.social The Battle of the Somme and Paths of Glory. In my latest essay I look at the anti-war cinema of the First World War. open.substack.com/pub/festival.... Subscribe for free for more.
If you want more Adolphe Menjou he’s in Paths of Glory 22 November with @swsilents.bsky.social. ti.to/film-noir-uk...
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you want more Adolphe Menjou he’s in Paths of Glory 22 November with @swsilents.bsky.social. ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Great to see the full Slapstick programme. I’m hosting three Adolphe Menjou films and The Likely Lads tribute. slapstick.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Great to see the full Slapstick programme. I’m hosting three Adolphe Menjou films and The Likely Lads tribute. slapstick.org.uk
Ahead of our showing with @swsilents.bsky.social of The Battle of the Somme and Paths of Glory 22 November, I look at some other anti-war films about the First World War in this latest essay. Next week I’ll go into more detail about Paths of Glory. Subscribe in link open.substack.com/pub/festival...
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Ahead of our showing with @swsilents.bsky.social of The Battle of the Somme and Paths of Glory 22 November, I look at some other anti-war films about the First World War in this latest essay. Next week I’ll go into more detail about Paths of Glory. Subscribe in link open.substack.com/pub/festival...
Time and time again trail hunting is found to be a cover for cruelty. This fox must have been terrified and who knows how it was killed.
Labour promised to ban trail hunting but plans only to have a consultation. Just get on with it.
www.thetimes.com/article/871a...
Labour promised to ban trail hunting but plans only to have a consultation. Just get on with it.
www.thetimes.com/article/871a...
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Time and time again trail hunting is found to be a cover for cruelty. This fox must have been terrified and who knows how it was killed.
Labour promised to ban trail hunting but plans only to have a consultation. Just get on with it.
www.thetimes.com/article/871a...
Labour promised to ban trail hunting but plans only to have a consultation. Just get on with it.
www.thetimes.com/article/871a...
Has Bristol experienced a cultural renaissance since the 1960s? Is this more than civic boosterism? What are the lessons for planning for the future? festivalofideas.substack.com/p/the-newcom...
Subscribe for more at the link. Next piece is on the film Paths of Glory.
Subscribe for more at the link. Next piece is on the film Paths of Glory.
November 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Has Bristol experienced a cultural renaissance since the 1960s? Is this more than civic boosterism? What are the lessons for planning for the future? festivalofideas.substack.com/p/the-newcom...
Subscribe for more at the link. Next piece is on the film Paths of Glory.
Subscribe for more at the link. Next piece is on the film Paths of Glory.
Questions Peter Watkins asked his class in his Columbia University film course in the late 1970s: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Questions Peter Watkins asked his class in his Columbia University film course in the late 1970s: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/m...