Occult Experiments

On April 9 I'll be giving a talk and a reading from my novel, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑛, at the legendary Watkins Books in London. (See the post below for details and to reserve your space.)

New episode! shows.acast.com/passport-throu…

Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7376…

Latest episode of 𝑃𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐻𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠. After some general updates, the conversation focuses mostly upon "the evocation of the evil genius". shows.acast.com/passport-throu…

Donald Trump won't be suing the BBC. He has no case. The BBC has already been punished for its misdeed and institutionally weakened. Sometimes, items in the news are kept there only to serve a certain purpose.

I've an essay in the latest issue of 𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑛. It's a partially autobiographical exploration of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books, their fascinations and flaws. temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/undefi…

Copies available from major online booksellers, including Amazon US amazon.com/dp/0956332196 and Amazon UK amazon.co.uk/dp/0956332196.

𝑂𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑠 is now available. 600 pages. 270,000 words. All episodes lovingly transcribed, referenced, indexed. Lightly edited to maintain the original's intimate and conversational style.

New iterview with Steve: youtu.be/Vx0GHl1632w?si…

Is a God to live in a dog? A comment on Aleister Crowley by Alan Chapman: barbarouswords.com/crowley-1

@StufferSuitcase @thisisyourparty The working class has been shafted. (The Reform Party will do the same.) The middle class are realising they're next because, mostly, they're workers too. The name is intended to mobilise all workers against the rentier class exploiting them both.

@_oeith @thisisyourparty The proposed title and indeed the party itself won’t appeal to those who voted Leave and for Boris, was the point. It sounds more like the kind of thing middle class liberals think the working class “might like, bless them!”

We’re doing things differently. That’s why we are asking you to give us your ideas for the party’s name. Whatever it’s called, it’s always going to be your party. Tell us what you think at yourparty.uk/ourname

@ElenaKalashni @thisisyourparty

@_oeith @thisisyourparty

@StufferSuitcase @thisisyourparty Yes, I have. Not sure what point you are making!

@_oeith @thisisyourparty You haven’t met many working class people, have you? 🙈

@WonPeople @thisisyourparty Wealth tax, nationalisation, anti-corruption, and a properly-funded NHS and welfare system are our causes. Anything there you don't like? No more "culture wars" nonsense.

@_oeith @thisisyourparty Not sure how vile antisemitism, middle class and student far left support for terrorist groups and Gaza will appeal to the working class. The working class couldn’t be further away from your causes.

@agolaymonday @jeremycorbyn youtube.com/watch?v=luobN4…

@agolaymonday @jeremycorbyn Check out these two guys for qualified and considered analysis of how to tax wealth not work. youtube.com/watch?v=luobN4… youtube.com/watch?v=eJMPBg…

Real change is coming. Join us at yourparty.uk

@agolaymonday @jeremycorbyn The policies you mentioned are what we've had for the past forty years. So, why are we not all rolling in wealth from all that tax we didn't pay? As the gap between the rich and poor widens, the argument that we just need to keep doing it harder becomes less credible.

@RevRichardColes Lots of elision, but still reads really well. Perhaps inevitably, to a modern ear, it sounds very like Milton, but that's no bad thing! archive.org/details/in.ern…