260,000 club; Misunderstanding the English; and Revolutionary Britain
People like Thinking Class and many care about Britain's fate
It has been some time since I last posted outside of the weekly instalment of the Thinking Class podcast. This is partly due to a summer spent travelling, a family bereavement in mid-July, and balancing the responsibilities of a new job. Things are finally settling down now and, in a bid to continue producing work which has depth and that people find useful, I’m now placing my faith in the Substack algorithm as I seek to build my profile and that of Thinking Class.
As was once customary, I use this newsletter to share: links to books and articles I’ve been reading, popular clips from Thinking Class (get ready for an extravaganza of clips exploring British history and culture), and information about what I’m currently working on.
Worth reading
Articles
Mass Immigration is killing Europe - and the political class just don’t care |
in the TelegraphHounds of heaven: the deep connection between Christianity and hunting
in The SpectatorLiberalism won’t survive 2025: Cold War ideologies are dead |
in UnHerdThe surprising truth about old myths |
in The Spectator & in
Books
As you’ll see, I’ve become somewhat mildly obsessed by the great British anthropologist, Professor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge, Alan Macfarlane. He’s a must read for anyone who wants to understand the English people, the modern world and, frankly, how we have a very skewed view of social history in this country. More on that in future. I spent the Christmas period reading the following books:
The Origins of English Individualism by Alan Macfarlane (find my interview with him on Substack here or YouTube here)
Thinking Class grows
The show now has almost 3,400 subscribers on YouTube and 225,000 views. At the time of the last post in July the show had 1,500 subscribers. There have also been 35,000 downloads across the various podcast apps, which means 260,000 people have tuned into an anonymous chap.
The word’s out it seems and I’ve been invited onto
’s Deprogrammed with and .Below, you will find a few clips that have been driving more eyes and ears to the channel. The most popular conversations have been about a changing Britain. Enjoy.
Peter Hitchens on how Britain underwent a moral and cultural revolution
Listen on Substack here or watch below:
on why a growing number of Gen-Z/Zoomers are against mass immigration and multiculturalism
Listen on Substack or watch below:
on the genetic & cultural identities of the British Isles
Listen on Substack or watch below:
on the why the West will give up on liberal fictions and the pointlessness of talking about British values
Listen on Substack or watch below:
on how growing up in Bradford, England shaped his politics
Listen on Substack here or watch below:
Full episode here on whether rising sectarianism in the United Kingdom will lead to a civil war.
on why Britain and England Are Not Necessarily In Decline
Listen to full episode on Substack.
(& On Why England’s Future Will Be Defined By Its Past)
on how Britain’s politicians broke the social contract
Listen to full episode on Substack.
on how Britain’s media became cynical, moral crusaders and cultural change agents
Listen on Substack here or watch below:
on how European countries face economic ruination of their own making
Listen on Substack here or watch below:
Coming up
Look out for episodes with
and the social psychologist Roy Baumeister. Episodes have also been agreed with: David Starkey, Neema Parvini and Lewis Brackpool.Finally, in a bid to keep me honest, I’ve begun to write a book on the thinking class/cognitive elite, its preoccupations, and its fate. It feels like it’ll develop into a comparative history of the cultural and political classes in Britain. Updates and extracts to follow over the coming months.
Let’s grow the show together…subscribe, follow, and share.
Until next time, Classmates.
I find it very annoying that Sebastian Morello doesn't have a substack. Maybe we should make one and give it to him as a present.