Borderlands of madness
Demi-fous. Mazeland. Dazeland. Driftland. Incipient lunatics. Hysterics. Neurotics. Carriers of latent brain disease. Neurasthenia. Sufferers of…
Renovating the Burning Archive
I have spent the morning renovating the Burning Archive. A new theme changes the look and…
The poet in a time of terror
In December 2017 a man in a black SUV drove his car into a group of…
The collapsing new buildings of government
“In truth, the problem of declining trust in political institutions, is better conceived as the collapse of authority of the…
Cultural fragmentation and the collapse of authority in Western democracies
During the week I was discussing with a young colleague at work the preparation of a…
More reflections on 2017: The end of history revisited
In 2017 Francis Fukuyama published two podcasts providing a retrospective account of his essay, “The End…
More reflections on 2017: a multi-polar world
I was asked the other day in conversation with a friend, what was the best thing…
Reflections on 2017: cultural decay and political institutions
In reviewing my notes for the year – diligently if effortlessly recorded in Evernote – I…
More reflections on 2017: persistence, terror and Das Schloss
Persistence Twelve months ago I was approaching Christmas and the end of a liberating period of…
Red Nostalgia
During the week I attended a lecture at my old university on the meaning of the…