Real headline: Boris Johnson makes cheap propaganda Fox News LARP look silly.

Imagine getting to ask a former PM a question on Russia-Ukraine and you choose to make it about the “woke”. Sorry, that’s desperate stuff.

Yep. A lot of economic liberals/libertarians are awfully quiet about Smith’s and Mill’s views on landlords.

The most CoE church book sale of all time

You will all be pleased to hear that I just gave my gf a blinding rendition of Mehbooba Mehbooba from Sholay.

It’s extremely hard to discern what conservatism even is.

Is it an intellectual tradition? No, I think that was just fabricated by Kirk.

Is it an instinct? Well, maybe. But I also think socialism and liberalism can stem from instinct.

Horsing around

It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.

— Wendell Berry

What’s worth noting about this observation is that, contrary to the ulta-trad vibes that get projected onto him, Scruton is essentially saying that something old needs to be revitalised by something new from time to time in order to even survive.

Cambridge life

I just filled out my tax return and I feel physically sick. How do they expect people to be able to survive in this country being taxed like this?

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Just seen about 6 fighter jets fly over Cambridge.

Preemptive strike from Oxford?

Out now: an interview I gave for the Common Sense Generation podcast on the idea of Humane Philosophy the similarities and differences between studying in UK and PL, and the meaning of mourning. Thank you Maria Kądzielska-Koper !

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