None of this existed until a few years ago, and some were only finished these last few days. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/de169be13b0a01feac0a81e3523eeb4ae9e00214232ee43b1b72d6e4109a8945.file

The full essay, which touches on so many important points:

The Imaginative Conservative

The Wise Men Know What Wicked Things Are Written on the Sky

The wise men know what wicked things Are written on the sky, They trim sad lamps, they touch sad strings, Hearing the heavy purple wings, Where the...

“History is made by human actions and thoughts, not by irresistible abstract imperatives; and Providence ordinarily operates through human agents. The world is ruled by imagination.” — Russell Kirk, 1985 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/36fcd8c230c2bc877d011d2776af3fbedbc9309ea8a088b3335ef3e60a82fae8.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/cb8128f8c72769e70dcb72631fb2a2061ce394eee8edf73bb4106f63b2aaa53a.file

On Russell Kirk, and his connection to G.K. Chesterton at the 42nd Chesterton Convention, lecture by @alancornett, introduced by @bgcts and of course @CeciliaKNelson mentioned.

Built of cob, timber frame and thatch roofs on top of a natural stone foundation, the twelve guest houses and restaurant at the Asconi Winery in Moldavia. The whole complex was handbuilt using natural materials in the traditional vernacular style of Bessarabia, 2004-2008. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5a6b296e50526c4536ac55c55e22eb0f94d36ed826cf22d648fc9ee508824bfe.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ffcd2cc294010f4f6904461520b596836d07f79669acb3b48e1c9ce8f0540bd9.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/57a3718102cf28021f1a9ec5ca1ae573be88ee440900a0a59480fa3929d6732d.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/223c84bd6086386d5cdeaa6f0f24e1a06f3221c39095e6ca9f4f964cb9b63dc1.file

RT @RobertKwolek@twitter.com: A house in Poundbury doing what seems so hard to do for the major housebuilders: celebrating the corner with increased height, windows on both sides, more articulation and ornament and strong border treatment. Really it comes down to caring - or not. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5d2a4dbc0542ef1c1781fee5f39c882322e5db9f096a17204b9a0df87b253388.file

“We are far too seldom re-minded that just as church-going is not religion, so reading and writing are not knowledge, and voting is not self-government.” — The Thing, G.K. Chesterton, 1912 https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6b4bf8542d544c0ab492cff86aa5983f2a3ec8707b9419b3a8a50bd32f263448.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/45d7855ef15c9333e15cefd6236eceb238a5c256698bd6138bd57f26cc5601c9.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e71dbdd01426078bf6295a292a89792e708041d13e6a563c89bd185625bb141d.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/77f6019aea9a02a099732ca4e4e9810028bf5f96d312a24aca9e07fd9c84850a.file

Maybe Hungary and the UK can effect some sort of prisoner exchange project? Or better yet, if only there was some mid-sized North Sea island or group of island where these people could live without any great harm affecting the continental public at large. Separated by a channel. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4c4b0428d3d8c3f5e12cc8cb33ac4c3c3469f952a138b014627220a5a0bf1863.file

#Distributism

RT @WillManidis@twitter.com: in 20 years, as a hobby, Rockefeller moved a medieval cloister from France to Manhattan and restored 400 buildings 1:1 at our nations first capitol in Williamsburg, VA. it is impossible to imagine our current elites turning this much ambition towards history today. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/00278cf427c2abf5257e38a27f607a3de784ce5721b206dce3fc2b74465c7bad.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b82e2cf0824985c8ff505a4e7142fa863450cd1b2cc0afa81811f45ecb4d29bc.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9014f45ed001b4c58ce590dda2f26ab3c3ebf51611f91abc9b139cc709b7c4a5.file