Richard James Foster

I find Substack both overwhelming and somewhat insidious. It’s another mirror trap. Why I’ve given up on it.

(I thought it was Notts dialect…)

I fucking hate these fascists so much, man. And I hate that they get to be patriotic by default, despite hating everything about modern Britain, but those of us who actually like it need to constantly prove it

How The Light Gets In.

I've been wondering for ages how they manage to sell tickets for such a motherlode of relentless grift and bullshit, then I saw some pictures of the crowd and.......

.......it's a cult-adjacent upper middle class swingers fest isn't it?

Sold over a 1/4 Boundaries tickets in just around a week. Very overwhelmed, humbled & happy with the support. If you want to get involved & grab a ticket to a very special few days. Head to the link below.
Such a diverse programme that only happens in Sunderland!
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The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

LLM AI: “renting out” what makes people human, what a great way to put it (by a human, at least I hope Cameron is…)

The Iron Duke’s “publish and be damned” saying made flesh, or should I say, code?

is maybe a societal split that didn't use to meaningfully matter at all but now does between people who actually like, read good prose or at least encounter it often enough and people who just don't

(this probably sounds like I'm being snobbish but I am being genuine)

Government No 10 communications on this have also been inappropriate
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Hij was ook een arme jongen uit Breda. There’s a lot in his Dutch past that can be brought into the picture…

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

My copy is ordered !

Who else sees this and thinks it’s about Fall Heads Roll?

A monster. Chance Meeting / Pictures of Cindy is my all time favourite mind…

It certainly should: it should feel (imvho) as if it is leading you through new spaces.

I’m going Heimat 1, 2, 3

Cheese. Get Thee behind me, cheese.

Happy 90th Birthday Penguin Books!

I’m going to try to do it in 26.

Early bird tickets for Acid Horse 2026 have just gone on sale; if you’ve fallen off the mailing list you can get back on at acidhorsewilts at gmail dot com.

Thankfully swerving the Ian D*nt thing, because I’m a microscopic speck of sand on the Beach Of Relevance and Great Thoughts, but what I *have* taken from that which I’ve doubtless misconstrued is: Josef K said it best with ‘Sorry For Laughing’.

I’ve seen him do this 3 times (once with all the Harmonia members) and it was brilliant

But there’s a minority of people who are basically making their own lives worse by marinating in fear and hatred online. It’s really sad.

The one I know is the Popol Vuh

Tbh all of them

Wow. Up my Straße.

That Melanie Phillips is a lunatic conspiracist bigot and racist is not remotely shocking. But the fact that the Times continues to employ her should be.

I see The Soft Boys’ Underwater Moonlight has been reissued. Possibly my favourite 1980s LP, warts & all. Some of it terrifyingly prescient, still. Ended up down a @robynhitchcock.bsky.social rabbit hole after this, my lobes rearranged….

A half page announcement in the TLS / TLS ACKERLEY PRIZE 2025 WINNER. Cover of WILD TWIN, quote from Peter Parker, Chair of Judges.