I am just back from ten days in County Durham, a place I strongly recommend. The main attraction is the city of Durham with its Romanesque cathedral and prestigious university. The city is very old and the university prettily spread about in charming lanes around the cathedral. Close by is Bowes Museum, a purpose…
Three brief profiles of Englishmen at the peak of the fashion establishment. Each of them worthy expositors of Hume’s civilisational goal, the refinement of the arts and sciences. I love this passage from an interview with Edward Enninful, editor of British Vogue: “I used to spend all my money on books I couldn’t afford…
In my latest post over at Law & Liberty (https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/06/28/commercial-civilization-apollonian-or-dionysian/) I try to show that Caillois’s account of us — members of a commercial civilisation — does not quite capture the totality of how commerce works. Caillois thinks we are Apollonian, rather than mask wearing Dionysians. Civilisation is the substitution of the norms of…
The great English intellectual, John Henry Newman, will be canonised in October. Here is a link to some super pictures of his rooms (scroll forward through the pictures): https://www.flickr.com/photos/catholicism/48143564827/in/photostream/ Very snug and charming.