Wednesday 2 September, 2026

Bart gets a facelift Seen in an Arles street yesterday. With “No More War” scrawled on his forehead. Wonder what Homer would think. Quote of the Day ”In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.” H.L. Mencken Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news The Grateful Dead | He’s Gone Link Terrific. As you will have gathered I was a Deadhead. Still am, really. Long Read of the Day Blood and soil rhetoric in Buckingham by Andrew Brown A really sobering essay. Kudos to Andrew for attending the gruesome event. He’s a very good journalist, and has been for many years. His brief preface gives you an idea of what it took out of him. It’s taken me some time to write up the speech that Harrison Pitt, Rupert Lowe’s ideologue in Restore, gave to the Heterodox Sociology conference at the University of Buckingham in July. The delay is unprofessional, but I was too shocked to engage with it for a long time. Pitt is…