𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘆" 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗱 -

Arnold's goal to protect the humanities and a culture of critical thought is worthy; but his definition of culture and his portrayal of the various agencies that might save education are . . . problematic.

https://youtu.be/xUo_Z_mXn-M

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #book #readreadread #matthewarnold #cultureandanarchy #education #humanities #culture #governmentschools #publicschools

𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 & 𝑰𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒚 - 𝑨 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕

Here is the “reboot” of the main podcast from Waywords Studio. I talk about what it’s all about, but via Johannes Brahms, Godzilla, Clair de Lune, Steve Hackman, irony, etc.

https://buff.ly/4gah68n

#matthewarnold #literarynomads #podcast #literature #stevehackman #clairdelune #radiohead #johannesbrahms, #irony #episodezero #introductionepisode #tohiscoymistress #aplit

An Introduction and Irony | Waywords Studio

The Guardian view on the rise of eco-poetry: writing cannot ignore global heating

Editorial: Verse’s connection to nature can inspire awareness and hope amid the climate crisis, offering clarity beyond data

The Guardian

“And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.”

#MatthewArnold #DoverBeach

'We're All Gonna Die' Review: Sci-Fi Road Trip from RocketJump Duo

“We’re All Gonna Die” is a grief-stricken sci-fi road trip from writer-directors Freddie Wong and Matthew Arnold of RocketJump.

Variety
> ... the connection between technological and moral progress. William Blake wrote of the “dark satanic mills” which stripped men of their souls. He insisted that passivity in the face of the alleged movement of “progress” leads to psychic slavery. Matthew Arnold warned that “faith in machinery” was humankind’s greatest menace.
#TheMachine #ProgressTheory #MoralProgress #WilliamBlake #MatthewArnold

Matthew Arnold Returns To NBC With ‘Nowhere,’ New Drama Series In Development With Atomic Monster & Vertigo Entertainment
#News #AtomicMonster #Development #MatthewArnold #NBC #Nowhere #VertigoEntertainment

https://deadline.com/2023/12/nowhere-tv-series-matthew-arnold-nbc-1235669321/

'Nowhere' Drama Series From Matthew Arnold In Works At NBC

EXCLUSIVE: After working with NBC on his shows Siberia and Emerald City, Matthew Arnold has returned to the network as the creator, executive producer and showrunner of Nowhere, a new drama series …

Deadline

"Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in."

#MatthewArnold (1867) #poetry #poem

The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round Earth's shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
- Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

#wandering #discovery #findingyourself #findingawe #introspection #personalphilosophy #fyp #DoverBeach #MatthewArnold #poetry