Archive - The Pedestrian

Dickens' Moral Disgust

"Charles will shake his head and admonish the dog for its carelessness, saying such things as ‘You are the most naughty of creatures.’"

Jul 3 •

June 2025

Keeping the Flame Alive

Doctor Shobley's Speech to the Roger Scruton Inheritance Foundation

Jun 26 •

Consider the Lilies

"I felt a profound sense of ennui towards it all. That is to say: I was bored, but in a way which is only strictly possible when one is on the…

Jun 24 •

On not being privately educated

Further studies on the vulgar middle class

Jun 20 •

Students of Literature are Illiterate Cretins

There is a lot of fuss being made about the fact that only 12% of Literature students have the requisite reading level to understand the classics.

Jun 13 •

On Visiting my Grandmother After She Fell Down the Stairs

Diary, Monday 9th June 2025

Jun 9 •

On Pigeon Eating

Diary, Friday 6th June 2025

Jun 6 •

On Harold Bloom

Diary, Thursday 5th June 2025

Jun 5 •

On the Spanish Blackout

Diary, Wednesday 4th June 2025

Jun 4 •

April 2025

Why I cannot be a Catholic

Embarrassment in Anglicanism, salvation in humility

Apr 19 •

On Moving to Spain

A mental breakdown, homesickness, and anglophobia

Apr 13 •

March 2025

On the Burden of Racism

Peripatetic writing, national conversations, and a walk around the tennis courts

Mar 17 •

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