Millennial Woes

New (paywalled) Substack essay, an autobiographical piece about my "intellectual journey": https://www.woes.blog/p/moments-of-growing-becoming-honest

New (paywalled) Substack essay, an autobiographical piece about my "intellectual journey": https://www.woes.blog/p/moments-of-growing-becoming-honest

I told myself I was critiquing life more honestly than I had when younger, and perhaps I was… but critiquing honestly is so much harder than it sounds. Becoming Honest

Daily Express: Remembering Ann Widdecombe, who would have celebrated her 79th birthday today. Known for her fierce conviction, straight-talking style, and sharp wit, Ann carved out a unique place in British public life, both as a formidable MP and Shadow Minister, and later as a beloved television personality. From her principled debate in Parliament to her iconic, high-flying routines on Strictly Come Dancing and stint in Celebrity Big Brother, she never failed to command attention and bring humor to our screens. Though she is dearly missed, her uncompromising spirit and memorable moments live on... https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FG5aiHums/

"If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by things that go with good judgment. He is not hampered by a sense of humour or by clarity, or by the dumb certainties of experience. He is the more logical for losing certain sane affections. Indeed, the common phrase for insanity is in this respect a misleading one. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason." - Chesterton

Ilderton Road Building (1927)

The left says it is "racist" to even think about people who were "born here" leaving. Well, what did the left say when: - Algeria’s 1.6 million Europeans, who made up 15.2% of the population in 1962, were almost entirely forced out following the Algerian War? They lived there since 1830. - South Africa’s white population fell from 21.6% in 1904 to 7.65% in 2022, with around 800,000 white citizens leaving after the end of apartheid? They lived there since 1652. The left cheered and hailed it as "decolonization" arguing that Europeans were not indigenous. Remigration is not remotely that brutal. We are not advocating for genocidal violence or waves of unlawful terror, like the Algerians and Blacks did. We just want to reverse migration flows to stop the afro-arab colonization and Islamization of our homelands. We would even redirect some of the money currently wasted on housing and feeding migrants in Europe to help build economic opportunities in their countries of origin. Remigration is the moral, sensible path forward. Those who oppose it are just anti-white. Picture: A Magazine cover from June 2, 1962, shows a family among a million French Algerians leaving after being told of a choice between "the suitcase or the coffin".

Another Robocop post... Incredibly, Phil Tippett achieved ED-209's gunfire using spray-painted cotton wool! You can't see it in the film, of course, because each one only appears for a single frame, but if you pause it like this, it becomes clear. Ingenuity!

From the very strange writings of Maria de Naglowska.

Happy birthday to Avril Lavigne.

The Cafe Otterspool Park 1932 Liverpool

New Substack essay, a day early: https://www.woes.blog/p/jacob-rees-mogg-the-epitome-of-the

New Substack essay, an addition to the TV Guides: https://www.woes.blog/p/tvg-doctor-who

There will come that day when we will have to stand up and say NO. No to the whole system. No we will not leave, no you shall not pass, no we will not disperse. That showdown is coming. Our future will be determined by men who stand.

I'm telling you there is a pre-third-wave-feminism look to women's faces in these old photos. Even in blue vintage stuff there is a longing and an innocence, a sense they are still women and will go on to be mothers. I can't describe it, apart from the absence of defiant sass

I am sad to learn of the death of actor David Daker (1935-2026). I have seen him in many things from the 1970s, including Rising Damp, Doctor Who and Dick Turpin, although he is perhaps most famous for Minder and Boon. He had a very distinctive voice and a very masculine, commanding presence. RIP.

He's been charged with Criminal Damage, and also been charged with failing to disclose the PIN to his phone. He's been remanded until his court appearance tomorrow... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkgwe3egpzgo

New Substack essay, an addition to the TV Guides: https://www.woes.blog/p/tvg-doctor-who