"The Hungarian Embassy in London hosted the Roger Scruton Symposium on 21 October, bringing together scholars, diplomats and public figures to reflect on the conservative philosopher’s legacy. Organized by the Hungarian Scruton Hub and the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation, the event featured four panels examining Scruton’s ideas on nationhood, culture, and the defence of Western civilization."
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Hungarian Embassy in London Hosts Roger Scruton Symposium - Hungarian Conservative
The Hungarian Embassy in London hosted the Roger Scruton Symposium on 21 October, bringing together scholars, diplomats and public figures to refle...
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G.K. Chesterton was a prophet. “Meanwhile I sit amid droves of overdriven clerks and underpaid workmen in a tube or a tram; I read of the great conception of Men Like God and I wonder when men will be like men.” — G.K. Chesterton https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3c46b29907e44e7de5b78392b5397400c0f20032eca9b62d0e6160840c486917.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e104a68d5714100eb8785c98b01c61be884c012da32a9a65a7e809e0984f3224.file
"Ok Twitter, your mission—should you accept it—is to best Amazon on its own game, and drive it into an early grave."
The Distributist G.K. Chesterton: “If I had been abusing marriage or patriotism or public decency, I should have been heralded in headlines and allowed to sprawl across Sunday newspapers. But the big newspaper is not likely to attack the big shop.” — G.K. Chesterton https://hell.twtr.plus/media/223918c37e925d314268376c770daad29b7fecacc18e1d9013743a388d15a817.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/df12616f2c2ee47378b36b700836516489e93cd3ff7f6d3e65bd012c4ab89b84.file
A 2025 Portuguese resort hotel, Vale Palheiro Earth Resort, in Aljezur. All buildings are rammed earth. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b3e153a8d922f90ac6e46bd78366c553ccb98aa9f522600319266a0b776eb30d.file
According to this study adding 15% gypsum to a rammed earth soil mix increases both compressive strength and elastic modulus (stiffness). I assume the gypsum can be of any quality. Usually lime is used for this purpose. This gives builders an option depending on what material is the cheaper or more available.
Frontiers | Gypsum stabilization for enhancing the compressive behavior of rammed earth: experimental and statistical assessment
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Interesting use of rammed earth walls and striking unreinforced brick vaults in this Vadodara (Gujarat, India) home. I am looking forward to see how it weathers (hot semi-arid with monsoon season). https://www.designpataki.com/rammed-earth-and-brick-vaults-shape-a-grounded-vadodara-retreat/ https://hell.twtr.plus/media/dfff51aea5a28986278580f8893ab2c989edce171bcfdc3387ce5eba2afb106f.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a6a3ae61f99e3aebd112784ec795c45f0f0c72be59324bc93384e8a993056400.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/873298bf8e3f4adbba586566d1617bd8f24bbd72e280cbf05e8968d4870b46db.file
"It is a truth often observed but seldomly stated that...."
George Orwell in 1940, after having read Malcolm Muggeridge's "brilliant but depressing" book 'The Thirties', makes a fitting comment. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4cbbe3acbd667a405d2a6b1e21be04f032e0e9a13202619e773c316f0de5ccf7.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6ddb75e7387186573c438be14d27dd185b43a255622476acbea7ea43a95f058e.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/91e0852c35cb11cb86eb0f39b06ac7deba5559b40e90a2dd44a7202f380d7dd1.file
Famous movie formal ballroom dance scene: