Culture! Violent Culture! - Ludwig James

by The Editor

... It left me wondering... does high art really have a civilizing affect on man? Does it humanize him and tame his more violent primordial impulses?

The Moral High Ground

by The Editor

The Establishment presents itself as moral and opposed to low things like prejudice, narrow-mindedness and bigotry. This arrogance prevents them questioning whether they have indeed created a multi-racial utopia.

Architecture, Urban Planning and Identity

by The Editor

The collective hatred of our nation’s past by the ruling elite takes practical form in their drive to erase many aspects of our culture, traditions and physical history – and is best illustrated by their physical erasure of our traditional architectural forms and its replacement with drab, soviet-style ‘accommodation’.

The Revival of English Classical Music

by The Editor

When we are being denied the celebration of our own culture, it is heartening to see a successful example of reviving our culture in the face of Establishment hostility. The English Classical Music Festival founded by Em Marshall has done that.

Decline and Fall

by The Editor

We often hear the phrase that we should learn from history or we shall repeat it. There is much in this. Since the 1960s our society has been overtaken by liberalism and socialism, both ultimately destructive forces. The first a form of anarchy, an anything goes philosophy, the second grounded in the French Revolution and ultimately Marx, the dual objectives being the abolition of the historical established society and all the institutions which form part of it.

The Retreat of Traditional Culture

by The Editor

By David Hamilton. High Culture is attacked as upper-class entertainment or a way the ruling elites achieve hegemony over the masses. The elitist argument is ideological rather than factual because working-class people are not barred from attending concerts. Politeness and good manners are essential but if they pay the fee they are entitled to watch a concert.