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Thomas Edwin Mostyn Dawn 1919

Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself. ~ Sylvia Plath

Just think: if Musk's grandfather had remained on the Canadian prairie, Elon would be a farmer instead of a drugged out psychopath ruining the universe

'Tower Bridge, London' by Jacobus Leonardus van der Meide (1910-1987) (Private collection)

“Like beautiful bodies of the dead who did not grow old.” – C.P. Cavafy, “Desires”, translated by Evangelos Sachperoglou. #poetry #cavafy

Jonathan Cook "Incredibly, much of the rest of the audience responds quite differently, giving Alexander a round of applause." THAT IS THE MAIN PROBLEM.

Jonathan Cook Heidi Alexander can turn on the sympathy about the Gaza Genocide, her voice breaks she seems so affected as if unable to do anything about it. Coward. If a member of the government can't do anything who can. Shame on her. Shame on the government. See through the lies..

"Who, then, is the modern man? He is a mind-bombed patsy who gets his marching orders from 'twilight language' key words sprinkled throughout 'his' news and current events. Even as he dances to the tune of the elite managers of human behavior, he scoffs with great derision at

Anonymous peer review: "The veritable triptych of Covent Garden vs ENO vs Glyndebourne, and how it evolves over the decades, is whiplash-inducingly fun to read in Dr Wilson’s fabulous, concise prose".

#TangerineTreats this Saturday, odes to orange. 🖼️ ‘A Revery’, Albert Joseph Moore, c. 1892. 🖼️ ‘Flaming June’, Frederic Leighton, 1895, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. 🖼️ Detail from ‘The deceitfullness of Riches’, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1901.

Alasdair MacIntyre’s philosophy for a new dark age The message of the late philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre resonates with those seeking a way through the noise of modern culture. engelsbergideas.com/notebook/alasd…

When Maria Yakunchikova moved to Paris from Moscow in 1888 she wrote of seeing the work of Gustave Caillebotte. Intrigued by his pictures depicting views of Parisian streets from balconies and upper floor windows, she used these effects in her own work.

Journalist and author Jenny McCartney celebrates the magic of squalor, and explores how generations of artists have seen the sublime in slime. Read by Leighton Pugh. #podcast engelsbergideas.com/podcast/ei-wee…

As Britain’s ambassador to Francisco Franco’s Spain, Samuel Hoare played a difficult hand with remarkable imagination and skill. His deft diplomacy avoided costly strategic errors at a critical juncture of the Second World War. engelsbergideas.com/portraits/slip…

Why liberal democracies win total wars In both total wars of the 20th century, liberal, capitalist economies showed themselves to be far more adaptable to its demands than their authoritarian enemies. engelsbergideas.com/essays/why-lib…

‘Am I not at least something?’ A surreal dive into Descartes’s Meditations aeon.co/videos/am-i-no…

‘A culture is no better than its woods’ – what our trees reveal about us, by W H Auden aeon.co/videos/a-cultu…

Opera on 3 - Rossini's The Barber of Seville Live from the New York Metropolitan Opera, starring Aigul Akhmetshina as Rosina, Jack Swanson as her admirer Count Almaviva, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky as Figaro, the barber himself. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

In a new investigation into the massacres on the Syrian coast in March, Suhaib Anjrini details the events leading up to the violence for New Lines Magazine, including interviews with survivors and militants who took part in the fighting. #Syria newlinesmag.com/reportage/inve…

The portrayal of Russia as a perennial foe of Western imperialism has become a cornerstone of the Kremlin’s diplomacy. Oleksandr Polianichev challenges this growing political mythology, for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-his…