Fathom Five
Rebuilding the West: conservative commentary on current affairs, philosophy, history, and literature.
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Jordan Peterson and the nonsense machine
Dr Jordan Peterson, the Canadian psychologist, is arguably the most influential public intellectual of the modern era.
1. The fall of Western education
The quality of the Western public intellectual has declined in tandem with the f...
From the Archives: How Shakespeare ruptured Modernity
This is an updated version of an essay first published in March 2023, when I had only a small handful of subscribers. I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments, and please do share this essay with others. Thank you very much for re...
The Ukraine negotiations: paying Putin's price
This essay was published in The Conservative Woman on 29 May 2025.
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Vladimir Putin is refusing a ceasefire in Ukraine un...
Reading club: six book recommendations
Whilst back at my family home this weekend I have been looking over my old bookshelves for something to read. I can trace most of my life to date through these books, from my very earliest memories. It struck me when looking across the titl...
From the Archives: Notes on scientism
This essay was published originally in December 2022, when I had been writing on Substack for only a few months to a tiny handful of subscribers. I believe my earlier work will be of interest to many of my newer subscribers who have not rea...
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A Scottish writer and graduate in Philosophy from Edinburgh University. I write on books, war, religion, current affairs, history, and much else — all from a conservative perspective.
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