Ben Tufnell
@bentufnell.bsky.social
Writer. Curator. Owl. Art stuff mostly over on Instagram. Stories in BBSS2024, Conjunctions, Interzone etc. THE NORTH SHORE is published by Fleet (Little, Brown). PARADISE coming from Influx Press in March 2026.
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Excellent book post thanks to @undertow.bsky.social and @uncertainstories.com. Looking forward to these. And
‘Broken Ground’ came with a free single story booklet by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!!
‘Broken Ground’ came with a free single story booklet by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!!
October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Excellent book post thanks to @undertow.bsky.social and @uncertainstories.com. Looking forward to these. And
‘Broken Ground’ came with a free single story booklet by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!!
‘Broken Ground’ came with a free single story booklet by @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social!!
I’ve got a new story in The Brussels Review. It’s about an academic called Ben Tufnell, writing a paper on ‘that bastard, Kant’, haunted by ‘BenTufnell’, his namesake who is doing research on doubles and doppelgängers….
@thebrusselsreview.bsky.social
@thebrusselsreview.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’ve got a new story in The Brussels Review. It’s about an academic called Ben Tufnell, writing a paper on ‘that bastard, Kant’, haunted by ‘BenTufnell’, his namesake who is doing research on doubles and doppelgängers….
@thebrusselsreview.bsky.social
@thebrusselsreview.bsky.social
Now open. Featuring major artists alongside new talent, the show offers a timely exploration of the ways in which artists are looking at and thinking about nature in the 21st century.
Visit www.closeltd.com for more info.
Thurs & Fri 11am-4pm | Sat 11am-3pm | Or by appointment
Visit www.closeltd.com for more info.
Thurs & Fri 11am-4pm | Sat 11am-3pm | Or by appointment
September 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Now open. Featuring major artists alongside new talent, the show offers a timely exploration of the ways in which artists are looking at and thinking about nature in the 21st century.
Visit www.closeltd.com for more info.
Thurs & Fri 11am-4pm | Sat 11am-3pm | Or by appointment
Visit www.closeltd.com for more info.
Thurs & Fri 11am-4pm | Sat 11am-3pm | Or by appointment
*Very* mixed feelings about Alien: Earth but wtf, this guy is definitely the most terrifying ‘herbivore’ since Black Philip….
September 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
*Very* mixed feelings about Alien: Earth but wtf, this guy is definitely the most terrifying ‘herbivore’ since Black Philip….
Many thanks to the tree that grew the apples! Last year’s cider is drinking very nicely…
August 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Many thanks to the tree that grew the apples! Last year’s cider is drinking very nicely…
Anselm Kiefer, ‘Sweet golden clime (for William Blake)’ (2023-25), Emulsion, oil, acrylic, gold leaf and ash on canvas, 280 x 190 cm. At White Cube, Mason’s Yard….
July 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Anselm Kiefer, ‘Sweet golden clime (for William Blake)’ (2023-25), Emulsion, oil, acrylic, gold leaf and ash on canvas, 280 x 190 cm. At White Cube, Mason’s Yard….
Mike Perry’s ‘Reverse Sod Swap’ exchanges a circle of turf from a field in Wales with a circle of turf from a wildflower meadow in Springfield Park, Hackney. There are 39 species of flora in the turf that went to Wales and only 4 species in the sheep grazed turf that now resides in London. 1/2
July 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Mike Perry’s ‘Reverse Sod Swap’ exchanges a circle of turf from a field in Wales with a circle of turf from a wildflower meadow in Springfield Park, Hackney. There are 39 species of flora in the turf that went to Wales and only 4 species in the sheep grazed turf that now resides in London. 1/2
Tiny horses with 80s hairdos on the South Downs…
June 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Tiny horses with 80s hairdos on the South Downs…
An old friend. Modigliani’s ‘Head of a Woman (Anna Zborowska)’ (1918-19) in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich…..
June 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
An old friend. Modigliani’s ‘Head of a Woman (Anna Zborowska)’ (1918-19) in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich…..
Walrus, wolf, man. Three masks from Alaska in the Sainsbury Centre for Visusl Arts, Norwich…..
June 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Walrus, wolf, man. Three masks from Alaska in the Sainsbury Centre for Visusl Arts, Norwich…..
Happy and honoured to have a new story in The Los Angeles Review. Thanks to KK Fox for editing…
#thelosangelesreview
#thelosangelesreview
June 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Happy and honoured to have a new story in The Los Angeles Review. Thanks to KK Fox for editing…
#thelosangelesreview
#thelosangelesreview
Happy May Day to one and all!!!
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May 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happy May Day to one and all!!!
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I'm going to start sending (very) occasional newsletters detailing new publications, exhibitions, events and so on. Possibly free content and giveaways too...
If you would like to receive them please DM me with your email address or drop a line to knappedflint (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks!
If you would like to receive them please DM me with your email address or drop a line to knappedflint (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks!
April 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm going to start sending (very) occasional newsletters detailing new publications, exhibitions, events and so on. Possibly free content and giveaways too...
If you would like to receive them please DM me with your email address or drop a line to knappedflint (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks!
If you would like to receive them please DM me with your email address or drop a line to knappedflint (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks!
Some local graffiti that always makes me chuckle…
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Some local graffiti that always makes me chuckle…
I love this little sculpture, 'Who Comes Out Of Me', in the fantastic Orhan Pamuk show at DOX in Prague. The parade of Pamuk's influences is led by Tolstoy, with his mother in second place, and Woolf, Borges, Dostoevsky and many others following on.....
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I love this little sculpture, 'Who Comes Out Of Me', in the fantastic Orhan Pamuk show at DOX in Prague. The parade of Pamuk's influences is led by Tolstoy, with his mother in second place, and Woolf, Borges, Dostoevsky and many others following on.....
This is the finest story collection I’ve read in some time. Beautifully written, existentially uncanny, threaded through with a profound sense of doubt that reminded me of Brian Evenson’s work. Highly recommended….
@seanbirnie.bsky.social
@undertow.bsky.social
@seanbirnie.bsky.social
@undertow.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is the finest story collection I’ve read in some time. Beautifully written, existentially uncanny, threaded through with a profound sense of doubt that reminded me of Brian Evenson’s work. Highly recommended….
@seanbirnie.bsky.social
@undertow.bsky.social
@seanbirnie.bsky.social
@undertow.bsky.social
For the last five years I’ve been regularly zooming with a talented bunch of writers I met on an online @cbcreative.bsky.social course. And now we have a collection of stories coming out!
☀️ Stories of Place /// zinc.level.blindfold publishes on 10 April and is now available for pre-order…
☀️ Stories of Place /// zinc.level.blindfold publishes on 10 April and is now available for pre-order…
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For the last five years I’ve been regularly zooming with a talented bunch of writers I met on an online @cbcreative.bsky.social course. And now we have a collection of stories coming out!
☀️ Stories of Place /// zinc.level.blindfold publishes on 10 April and is now available for pre-order…
☀️ Stories of Place /// zinc.level.blindfold publishes on 10 April and is now available for pre-order…
Today’s mood, courtesy of Francis Bacon….
Study for Portrait (detail), 1949, in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Study for Portrait (detail), 1949, in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
January 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today’s mood, courtesy of Francis Bacon….
Study for Portrait (detail), 1949, in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Study for Portrait (detail), 1949, in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Detail of a portrait of Katherine Parr (c.1545) by an unknown artist, hanging in the Tudor galleries at the National Portrait Gallery…
January 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Detail of a portrait of Katherine Parr (c.1545) by an unknown artist, hanging in the Tudor galleries at the National Portrait Gallery…
Francis Bacon (with Rembrandt peering over his shoulder) by Irving Penn, and with paint smudges by John Deakin. From ‘Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ at the NPG. Despite some incredible works I couldn’t help but feel this was a slightly disappointing show…
January 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Francis Bacon (with Rembrandt peering over his shoulder) by Irving Penn, and with paint smudges by John Deakin. From ‘Francis Bacon: Human Presence’ at the NPG. Despite some incredible works I couldn’t help but feel this was a slightly disappointing show…
Book post! I’ve enjoyed unsettling, darkly comic tales by @charlieratpig.bsky.social in @conjunctions.bsky.social @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social and Best British Short Stories 2024, so i’m intrigued by this….
The Cat Bride is available from @saltpublishing.com in April…
The Cat Bride is available from @saltpublishing.com in April…
January 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Book post! I’ve enjoyed unsettling, darkly comic tales by @charlieratpig.bsky.social in @conjunctions.bsky.social @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social @nightjarpress.bsky.social and Best British Short Stories 2024, so i’m intrigued by this….
The Cat Bride is available from @saltpublishing.com in April…
The Cat Bride is available from @saltpublishing.com in April…
Also recommended, Shadow of The Vampire (2000), a brilliant ‘what if’ story of the making of the original Nosferatu, also starring Willem Dafoe….
January 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Also recommended, Shadow of The Vampire (2000), a brilliant ‘what if’ story of the making of the original Nosferatu, also starring Willem Dafoe….
Almost certainly preaching to the converted here but if you enjoyed Nosferatu and are after an alternative take on the vampire genre check out The Vourdalak (2023)….
January 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Almost certainly preaching to the converted here but if you enjoyed Nosferatu and are after an alternative take on the vampire genre check out The Vourdalak (2023)….
First read of 2025, Martin MacInnes’s 2016 debut. Infinite Ground is a mind-bending deconstruction of the human/nature dialectic, masquerading as a police procedural. Deeply strange. I loved it…. 🌿🌱🍄
January 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
First read of 2025, Martin MacInnes’s 2016 debut. Infinite Ground is a mind-bending deconstruction of the human/nature dialectic, masquerading as a police procedural. Deeply strange. I loved it…. 🌿🌱🍄