Sunday, 30 June 2019
Saturday, 22 June 2019
THE RELATION OF ART TO MORALS, by John Ruskin
John Ruskin (1819-1900) is an important and much-neglected philosopher by Rightists. A huge influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, he was concerned largely with the philosophy of art from a Rightist viewpoint and in a practical sense in its effects upon civilization and society. One of the most neglected subjects in art in the contemporary age is aesthetics, and Ruskin's essays provide a great insight into why aesthetics is important and why the Left so wishes to debase that which is beautiful. Here, he refers to the "false Puritans", just as I have referred to Leftism as the Puritanism of Perversity, especially in the anti-art of Marina Abramovich. I, of course, do not share his opinion on the good moralising effect of Christianity, but he is correct in that modernity and wealth has brought brokenness and corruption, and that the moral state of society is reflected in its art, just as he is correct that "the truly great nations nearly always begin from a race possessing this imaginative power". An accomplished artist himself, I have interspersed the essay with a few of his works.
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
THE RAPACIOUS ESTABLISHMENT AND THE REHABILITATION OF MICHAEL BARRYMORE
For those who do not know who he is - and most outside of Britain will not - Michael Barrymore was a generally well-loved television presenter and game show host in the 1980s and '90s, particularly by elderly women. In 1995, Barrymore publicly came out as homosexual after having led a double life away from his nineteen-year marriage to Cheryl, who was also his manager. The other Michael, who the public never saw, was a drug addict and alcoholic who had previously assaulted his wife, the police putting her on the at risk register. I still maintain that one of the causes of homosexuality is mind-altering drug use. After coming out, every on-camera joke and remark became about 'being gay', as it consumed his life, just as 99% of homosexuals become singularly consumed by this lifestyle choice. Everything was camped-up and over-the-top. Cheryl was repeatedly publicly embarrassed and an acrimonious divorce ensued. People began to switch off. Ratings dropped and his show Barrymore was eventually cancelled. Yet strangely, in spite of his drop in popularity, new vehicles were always found for him and he consistently won the National Television Award for Most Popular Entertainment Presenter until his depraved lifestyle got the better of him and public outrage ensured awarding him the prize was no longer justifiable.
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
MJOLNIR AT THE MOVIES NOW SHOWING EPISODE 1 (and a small rant)
As Neil is absent, James and David discuss the latest goings on in the film world in this new format of Mjolnir at the Movies: 'Now Showing', with a look at the films just gone, the ones currently in the cinemas and the ones due for release, including the Tolkien biopic, Avengers: Endgame, Brightburn and the next wave of superhero films. We also look at independent film studios Dust and Celtic Films, the latter run by the director Michael Kingsbury. Kingsbury has made a trilogy of dramatic films about the Soviet gulag system: Gulag Vorkuta, Gulag Barashevo and Gulag Magadan and he does not avoid the JQ. More on this below, but first, the podcast, which can also be found on Bitchute. Please subscribe, as all videos will slowly be transferred over to this more accommodating platform.
Saturday, 8 June 2019
ANTHONY JOSHUA VS ANDY RUIZ: THE POLITICS BEHIND THE FIGHT
Last Saturday's headline heavyweight boxing event at Madison Square saw a huge upset. The press have exaggerated its magnitude, but it was certainly a bigger upset than Lewis vs McCall, perhaps as big as Lewis vs Rahman on paper (but which was expected by those who realised Lewis had undertrained), but not as big as Tyson vs Douglas. Nonetheless, Anthony Joshua's loss to squat, fat Hispanic Andy Ruiz will go down as one of the great shock results of heavyweight boxing. After Ruiz got up from a solid uppercut square on the chin in round three, Joshua found himself suddenly tasting the canvas and was on the back foot from there on in, being put down with ease several times before the referee waved it off in the seventh round. Joshua half-heartedly protested that he was fit to continue, but the vacant look in his eyes, of a man who didn't quite know where he was, who had lost any ability to defend himself and who had already spat out his gumshield in resignation, told a different story. As a White European, I watched this bout as a neutral, but the politics behind the fight were as interesting as the match itself and certainly more relevant in a sport that has always been heavily politicised.
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