Nov 28, 2022Against the New MalthusiansThe environmental movement today has become infected by a new form of ecological austerity, a vicious and regressive ideology that would sacrifice all human progress to save the planet, even when other, more progressive, solutions are readily available. The tactics and aims of the environmental movement have become nothing but…Environment9 min readEnvironment9 min read
Oct 13, 2022I Will Look Back in Anger Until the Day I Die | Morrissey at the Brixton O2The best characterization of Morrissey is that of pop music’s problematic uncle. As is typical of any musician who has lived past the allotted time frame of artist death (between the ages of 18 and 35) he has gone, to put it politely, a little weird in his old age. …Morrissey4 min readMorrissey4 min read
Oct 6, 2022Bone Idle: A review of “Bash the Rich”The greatest irony about Ian Bone’s 2006 autobiography Bash the Rich is that the blurb specifically states that “This is no dry tome destined to gather dust in leftie bookshops.” I found the book in the bargain section of Housmans, with several stacks of the book all being sold for…Anarchism6 min readAnarchism6 min read
Sep 19, 2022Writing is Painful but Not Writing is Worse (Alternatively, Personal Updates)There is something of an irony in writing a “personal updates” section on here, considering I don’t exactly have a consistent reader base that goes out of their way to read my 10 published blog posts, but I’m doing one anyway. I don’t have a topic I’m either knowledgeable about…4 min read4 min read
Aug 30, 2022In Defense of Calorie CountingIn April of 2022, I decided to begin counting my calories. I’d been lifting weights on and off since the first big lockdown in 2020, but I’d remained unsatisfied with how my body looked and in truth I hadn’t been consistent enough in training to be making consistent strength gains…Health5 min readHealth5 min read
Jun 23, 2022A Review of Michel Houellebecq’s Submission(The following is a repost of my review of Houellebecq’s Submission on Goodreads. Reposting it here to make it look like I use Medium more than I actually do, and it gives me time before I write another post. Also, spoilers.) Emmanuel Carrere, a French Novelist who wrote one of…Houellebecq4 min readHouellebecq4 min read
Mar 17, 2022Internationalism at a Cruise Missile’s Point: Mason, Monbiot and the Left’s Love Affair with NATO“In war, truth is the first casualty.” Aeschylus (525 BC — 456 BC) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown the British left for something of a loop. Although those in support of Russia are few and far between, the reaction by prominent left-wing figures and organisations has been wildly disproportionate…Russia10 min readRussia10 min read
Feb 24, 2022Fascism, Freedom and Slow-Motion Walking Shots: The Political Subtexts of Wes AndersonThis article contains heavy spoilers for both The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch of Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. Wes Anderson has made his own genre. A Wes Anderson movie is, in all forms thematic and cinematic, unmistakably a Wes Anderson production. Lively colour palettes, consistent use of symmetry…Wes Anderson13 min readWes Anderson13 min read
Dec 31, 2021Why is the Spectator so bad?This article shall serve as the second in a series of blog posts on my page about British Political Magazines, and the reason they’re (mostly) terrible. …The Spectator5 min readThe Spectator5 min read
Oct 26, 2021Blair and Brown: The Legacy of New Labour“They say I hate the party and its traditions. I don’t. I love this party. There’s only one tradition I hated: losing.” — Tony Blair, 2006 On 10 May 2007, during a speech at the Trimdon Labour Club, Tony Blair announced his intention to resign as both Labour Party leader…New Labour9 min readNew Labour9 min read
