Category: Essay

Bolingbroke’s Conservative Freedom

Bolingbroke is, perhaps, the most obvious figure to represent secular conservatism. He was a statesman, an historian, and a philosopher; he was also a libertine, and no stranger to intrigues he denounced.

Martial Arts and the Heart of Civilisation

The dawn of Western civilisation carried a strong focus on martial arts. In a world where war often lurked around the corner, it was paramount that one should be able to defend oneself. In our times, war again haunts our continent. It may be time to rediscover our martial roots.

Dark Night of the World Soul

The God of Genesis may have promised never again to send a flood upon the whole earth; but he did not promise not to send capitalism.

Reality and the Wild Hunt

As the Season has drawn to a close, I have been reflecting on the meaning of hunting. Some hunts this Season have transported me into a timeless experience into which, no doubt, many hunting people have been taken.

The Last Days of Emperor Charles

Emperor Charles died on the 1st of April, 1922, at 12:23 pm, saying the name “Jesus” one last time.

Reclaiming a Classic: Beethoven, the Conservative

Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” is one of the most popular pieces of classical music in the world. Aesthetic changes in the 19th century have created an image of a proto-romantic work, while in fact it may be an homage to a bygone tradition of the 18th century.

The Ghosts of the Armenian Genocide Still Haunt Modern Turkey

“We will not have the Armenians anywhere in Anatolia. They can live in the desert but nowhere else.” With the soldiers neutralized and massacres and deportations in progress, it was time for a decapitation strike to eliminate the Armenian leadership with a single blow.

The Anglican Ordinariate: A Refuge for Toryism?

The Ordinariate is a fine example of realising Newman’s foundational conservative principle, namely that “of uniting what is free in the new structure of society with what is authoritative in the old, without any base compromise with ‘Progress’ and ‘Liberalism.'”