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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 4h

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 8 October 7pm-9pm for an evening of conversation with John Christie and Ken Worpole to mark the publication of John Berger’s 'Four Horizons' (Objectif Press, 2026). To book your FREE place please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/john-...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 4h

Our current exhibition exhibition 'Visionary Landscapes' explores the relationship between landscape, imagination and visionary states: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/exhib... Image: Jason Orton, 'Santa María de Toloño, Álava, Spain', 2025. Photograph. Courtesy of the artist.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#OTD 2021 'Unfamiliar Territories’ had its first public screening at Swedenborg House. Recorded in the atmospheric library of The Swedenborg Society, the film brought to life a spirited and wide-ranging discussion between writers Ken Worpole and Patrick Wright: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppBm...

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Unfamiliar Territories | Ken Worpole and Patrick Wright

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

DON'T MISS!! Our current exhibition exhibition 'After Fragments': a multimedia solo exhibition by artist Hannah Hughes. Open Monday - Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 12pm-5pm until Saturday 12 September 2026: ow.ly/RrtX50ZHeR9

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Submissions are now open for the Swedenborg Film Festival 2026! The Swedenborg Film Festival 2026 (SFF2026) invites entries of new films of 20 minutes or less from emerging and established independent filmmakers. Please visit our Film Freeway page for more details: filmfreeway.com/SwedenborgFi...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House TONIGHT 7pm-9.30pm (doors open 6.30pm) to mark the closing evening of the exhibition 'That Large Ghost'. Selected egg tempera works by Brian Catling. Curated by Jack Catling: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/eveni...

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Ian Hunt @ianhunt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I am useless as London art guide these days. There is a small show of Brian Catling's paintings at Swedenborg House, to 17 July. Include a reel of assorted film and video: early silent films, videos of performances from the European circuit he was part of. @swedenborghouse.bsky.social #BrianCatling

Catling, bearded, suited, in dark glasses, in a white room in a stucco terraced street -- view of balcony and street through the window. (W London?). Soda syphon on the table. Still from an enigmatic early film.

Tempera painting, 'UFO'. Lozenge shape UFO casting shadow on what nay be a country road or track. Suggestions of picket fencing. Disc of moon or more likely sun slightloy interrupting/running over the UFO.

'Cards' -- no info about these really. Resin? They appeared to have been worked, filed and polished. Irregular shaped black rectangles like playing cards, with varied arrangements of white or transparent discs set into them, some are like constellations. Raw linen bag for carrying them. Resemblance to Bronze age type markings.

'Mermanic'. Still from a video of outdoor performance somewhere in Scandinavia. Catling carrying mer-man type thing. Jointed wooden figure with fish tails. Four white children look on from behind him.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Strong Catling vibes going on this month. Ahead of Thursday's paperback release of A Mystery of Remnant at @swedenborghouse.bsky.social where THAT LARGE GHOST runs until July 17th, Catling Young (James Young + Brian Catling) releases The Prophet's Garden: catling-young.bandcamp.com/track/the-pr...

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The Prophet's Garden, by Catling Young

track by Catling Young

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Dr Luke Walker @drlukewalker.com · 15/07/2026

Thanks to @swedenborghouse.bsky.social for hosting two beautiful evenings of conversation, film and music in celebration of 100th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's birth. Including UK premier of the extraordinary documentary Outrider on the work of incomparable poet Anne Waldman. Watch it if you can!

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

DON'T MISS! Our current exhibition 'That Large Ghost'. Selected egg tempera works by Brian Catling. Curated by Jack Catling. Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 12pm-5pm until Friday 17 July 2026: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/that-...

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THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING - Swedenborg Society

THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING

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black_ops @black-ops.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today at @swedenborghouse.bsky.social beautiful selection of egg tempera paintings by Brian Catling.

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Vorrh Excavation Project @vexcavator.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

"..solo exhibition of egg tempera paintings by Brian Catling RA (1948–2022), bringing together a selection of paintings from the final decades of Catling’s life which inscribe his sustained interest in image-making." ‘THAT LARGE GHOST’ at Swedenborg House Gallery 19 June–17 July shorturl.at/BpoLA

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THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING - Swedenborg Society

THAT LARGE GHOST: SELECTED EGG TEMPERA PAINTINGS BY BRIAN CATLING

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944) learned of Swedenborg through Swedish writer & painter August Strindberg (1840-1912). Strindberg, in turn noted that Munch’s paintings “recall the visions of Swedenborg.” Image: 'The Sun', Edvard Munch, 1912, Munchmuseet.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Monday 13 July 6.30pm-9pm (doors open 6pm) for 'BLAKE, GINSBERG & “AH! SUNFLOWER”: FILM, MUSIC & CONVERSATION'. FREE (£5 admin fee including a FREE copy of 'AH!MERICA' by ISOLARII). BOOKING ESSENTIAL: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/film-...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Tuesday 14 July 6.30pm-9pm (doors open 6pm) for 'UK PREMIERE: ‘OUTRIDER’ WITH Q&A'. FREE (£5 admin fee). BOOKING ESSENTIAL: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/uk-pr... Image: “Anne Waldman, Union Square Warhol Factory” — photo by Gerard Malanga, 1970.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 23 April 6pm-9pm for the private view of our upcoming exhibition 'THE EVERYWORLD - Redux' by Andrew and Eden Kötting. All welcome, but please confirm attendance via: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/the-ev…

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Installing our new exhibition, ’THE EVERYWORLD – REDUX'! Opening Friday 24 April. For more information, please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/the-e...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Saturday 25 April 12pm-2pm & 3pm-5pm for 'THE EVERYWORLD – REDUX: MEET THE ARTISTS.' Father and daughter duo Andrew and Eden Kötting have made work together for twenty years. FREE (no booking required). www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/the-e...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 23 April 6pm-9pm for the private view of our upcoming exhibition 'THE EVERYWORLD - Redux'. All welcome, but please confirm attendance via: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/the-e... .

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Saturday 30 May 7pm-9pm (doors open 6.30pm) for 'THE EVERYWORLD – REDUX: THE MEMORY BLOCKS (SCREENING AND CONVERSATION)'. For more information and to book your FREE place please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/the-e...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Novelist Chloe Aridjis, previous writer in residence at Swedenborg House, has a new piece in the Financial Times. Read 'The perfect antidote to our tech-addled age? A magic lantern' here: www.ft.com/content/25a9...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

BECOME A FRIEND OF SWEDENBORG HOUSE FOR £5! Friends of Swedenborg House receive: 20% off books A free subscription to the Swedenborg Review A welcome gift Launching in May: exclusive Thursday late openings (5pm-9pm) for Friends and Members: www.swedenborg.org.uk/be-a-friend/

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Did you know that our Grade II-listed Neo-Classical Swedenborg Hall & upper library room, the David Wynter Room, are available for hire? Generous 50% discount for registered charities, not-for-profit organisations & educational institutions: www.swedenborg.org.uk/room-hire/

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House Thursday 30 April 7pm-9pm for 'Moon City: Mimi Mollica and Iain Sinclair'. Photographic prints from 'Moon City' will be on display exclusively for the evening: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/moon-... Image:Covers of Moon City (2025). Courtesy @mimimollica.bsky.social

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 26 March 7pm-8.30pm for 'Toby Litt: On Swedenborg, Skateboarding and Sunlight’. For more information and to book your FREE place please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/toby-... @tobylitt.bsky.social

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Core Texts: Exploring Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell | A three-part evening seminar series Thursdays | 6–7pm | April 2, 9, 16 For more information and to book please visit: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/intro... Image: Jacob's Ladder, William Blake, (c. 1799–1806)© The Trustees of the British Museum

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

DON'T MISS! 'Friday Lates: Stilled shadows A magic lantern show with Chloe Aridjis' at The National Gallery on Friday April 2026 6.30pm-7.45pm. Drawing on the magic lantern slides held in Swedenborg House’s historic archive www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/music...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House Saturday 28 February 2pm-5pm for a special event to mark the end of our exhibition 'Elective Affinities'. Featuring live performances & readings by Margarita Gluzberg, Paul O’Kane & Natalia Zagorska-Thomas: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/marga... Photo: Mela Hilleard

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MARGARITA GLUZBERG, PAUL O'KANE, NATALIA ZAGORSKA-THOMAS: ELECTIVE AFFINITIES FINISSAGE EVENT

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Thursday 26 February 7pm-8pm (doors open 6.30pm) for 'A Diagrammatic Foray into the World of Animals and Machines with Dean Anthony Kenning'. For more information and to book your FREE place please visit:: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/dean-...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Quay Brothers, film décor from Street of Crocodiles (1986). On display in our current exhibition 'Elective Affinities', until Friday 27 February 2026: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/elect...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We are delighted to announce that Swedenborg House will participate in London Bookshop Crawl 2026! Swedenborg House Bookshop will be open from 9.30am-5pm on Friday 13 February and 10am-5pm on Saturday 14 February. For more details please visit: www.bookshopcrawl.co.uk @bookshopcrawluk.bsky.social

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Established in 1810, the Swedenborg Society is a registered charity, academic publisher, museum, gallery and archive. We organize a wide range of FREE cultural events, lectures, exhibitions, educational workshops and film screenings.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#OnThisDay 23 January 1688: Birth of Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741), queen of Sweden who reigned between 1718-20. During her brief reign, she ennobled the Swedberg family, which gave Emanuel the amended surname of Swedenborg and a place in the Swedish House of Nobles

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

#OnThisDay 22 January 1849: Birth of August Strindberg (1849-1912), the great Swedish playwright. Strindberg's ‘Inferno’ period in the mid-1890s is imbued with Swedenborg. Image: The Town, August Strindberg, 1903, Photo: Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 28/09/2025

"There was a whole world of underground activity [in the period that birthed Lud Heat]. Those first years of the 70s were the best for it, because so much of the 60s had been taken up by psychedelic gangsters and chancers”' #IainSinclair’s Lud Heat At 50 buff.ly/x4m4wMR

Cover of an early edition of Iain Sinclair's Lud Heat. Black and white photograph of a church set within a yellow border with the title and author's name in red lettering.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

The latest issue of the Swedenborg Review is out now! Featuring full-length articles as well as reviews of contemporary cultural events, books, exhibitions and more, plus a round-up of further activities. Available via our online bookshop - £1.95 (PLUS P&P): www.swedenborg.org.uk/product/swed...

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Swedenborg Review 0.06

The fifth issue of the Swedenborg Society's annual periodical featuring articles and reviews on contemporary events and books plus other cultural and literary activities.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

ARCANA COFFEE is open on our premises Monday-Friday 8.30am-3pm:

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Swedenborg House Bookshop will be open Monday - Friday 9.30am - 5pm through to Friday 19 December 2025. The bookshop is then closed over the festive period, reopening on Monday 5 January 2026. Come and browse works by Swedenborg, classic novels, poetry, and more. We look forward to seeing you!

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

SFF2025 at CURZON SOHO* (*hired venue) on Saturday was a great success! The quality and variety of work made for a fascinating programme. We would like to thank everyone who submitted and in particular the shortlisted filmmakers. Our special thanks also to guest judges Iain Sinclair and Chris Petit.

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Ken Worpole @kgeorgew.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Surprised and delighted to be alongside Philip Hoare as writing one of the New Statesman’s ‘Books of the Year 2025’, chosen by Geoff Dyer. Dyer is kind and generous to us both, characterising Hoare’s writing as ‘ecstatic, kaleidoscopic and visionary’, and mine as consistently thoughtful and moving.’

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

As part of an extended 12 hour continuous screening, please also join us for Swedenborg Film Festival 2025 on Monday 8 December between 10am-10pm at Swedenborg House. No booking is required (stay for as much as you like. Full programme available here: www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/filmf...

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SWEDENBORG FILM FESTIVAL 2025

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Friday 5 December 6.30pm-8.30pm where Ben Wickey will be discussing his debut graphic novel, 'More Weight: A Salem Story', with Alan Moore (joining by remote link), Iain Sinclair and Victor Rees. Followed by a book signing: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/more-weigh...

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More Weight by Ben Wickey: w/ Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair and Victor Rees

Ben Wickey discusses his graphic novel More Weight—about the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692—with Alan Moore, Iain Sinclair and Victor Rees.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Due to exceptional demand - the shortlisted programme for SFF2025 taking place at CURZON SOHO* (*hired venue) on Saturday 6 December 2025, will now take place in Screen 1 at the updated time of 1.30pm-4.30pm (previously 6pm-9pm). FREE (£3 admin fee): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swedenborg...

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Looking forward to this! Very exciting program. I’ll be speaking remotely on Friday morning. Attendance is free! 👇

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

BOOKING NOW OPEN for Swedenborg Film Festival 2025! Shortlisted films will be taking place at CURZON SOHO* on Saturday 6 December 2025, 6pm-9pm. FREE (£3 admin fee): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swedenborg... *Curzon Cinema has been hired as the venue and this is not part of the Curzon programme.

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Please join us at Swedenborg House on Friday 7 November 2025 6.30pm-8.30pm where we will be launching the limited 50th anniversary edition of Iain Sinclair’s classic text, 'Lud Heat' (Swedenborg House Editions, 2025): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

London-based film-maker & writer John Rogers' latest film, 'Secret History of London's East End' is a walk through the hidden landscape of London to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Iain Sinclair's groundbreaking book Lud Heat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvxE...

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Secret History of London's East End (4K)

YouTube video by John Rogers

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Swedenborg House @swedenborghouse.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Please join us 6 to 8 November 2025 for 'Retracing Swedenborg: Texts, Contexts and Changing Perspectives' the first in a new bi-annual series of international academic conferences exploring the work and legacy of the polymath Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772): www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/acade...

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ACADEMIC CONFERENCE—RETRACING SWEDENBORG: TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND CHANGING PERSPECTIVES

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