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Artist | Hastings, UK | He/him | Grand Council of
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This one is a little philosophical and slightly trippy, but The Lazurus Corporation rails: Against the tyranny of the Apollonian.
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We're definitely Dionysian. 🍸 🏴☠️
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Against the tyranny of the Apollonian
It’s one of those times when numerous disparate articles I read, written by people who I doubt are even aware of each other, seem to be swirling around a shared theme. The zeitgeist of the past few…
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/against-the-tyranny-of-the-apollonian
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New blog post: Against the tyranny of the Apollonian “It’s one of those times when numerous disparate articles I read, written by people who I doubt are even aware of each other, seem to be swirling around a shared theme.”
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Against the tyranny of the Apollonian
It’s one of those times when numerous disparate articles I read, written by people who I doubt are even aware of each other, seem to be swirling around a shared theme. The zeitgeist of the past few…
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/against-the-tyranny-of-the-apollonian
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I'll be talking about my Acid Renaissance artwork on the weekly
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(EDGEWAYS) zoom call this Saturday at 8pm UK time. Attendance is free, but places are limited so you’ll need to register beforehand (see link below for details).
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Me at EDGEWAYS this Saturday
This Saturday (9th May) EDGEWAYS presents "Acid Renaissance: Albion’s True Standard Advanced" with me talking about my artwork on Zoom from 20:00 BST. Attendance is free, but places are limited so…
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/edgeways-2026
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Monthly Link Dump: April 2026 Arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird.
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Monthly Link Dump: April 2026
This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, haunto...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/link-dump-april-2026
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New blog post about my latest piece of artwork
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Siren
Last weekend I worked with a model to produce a set of photographs based around the concept of the siren, a mythological character from Homer’s Odyssey. The subject matter had been suggested by the…
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/siren
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New artwork: Siren
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about 1 month ago
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The Jack-in-the-Green / Green Man is never far from the surface in Hastings
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...and suddenly it's spring again
about 2 months ago
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Monthly Link Dump: March 2026 Arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird.
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Monthly Link Dump: March 2026
This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, haunto...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/link-dump-march-2026
about 2 months ago
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New blog post: Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community
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Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community
The new issue of Mycelium Parish News (copies are still available on Etsy - details in that last link) arrived on my doormat this morning, full of the interesting things that James Burt and Dan Sumpti...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/mycelium-parish-news-and-community
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Social media and community is something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately so this excellent post is wonderfully timed for me!
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New blog post: Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community
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Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community
The new issue of Mycelium Parish News (copies are still available on Etsy - details in that last link) arrived on my doormat this morning, full of the interesting things that James Burt and Dan Sumpti...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/mycelium-parish-news-and-community
2 months ago
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In today's post: 2025 Mycellium Parish News from James at
orbific.com/the-2025-myc...
2 months ago
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After 36 years of waiting I won't believe it until I hold the damn thing in my own hands. (I think this is either a mistake or Eldritch wryly trolling)
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I will have a couple of pieces of my artwork exhibited as part of the Hastings Arts Forum "New Members" exhibition. 18-29 March at 20 Marine Court, St Leonards on Sea TN38 0DX. Open 11am-5pm Wednesday to Sunday. Open Evening 20 March 6-8pm
3 months ago
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I wonder how soon it'll be before the first sitting Labour MP defects to the Green Party
3 months ago
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3 months ago
What great news to wake up to. Hope.
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Trubs
3 months ago
I'm not a Green voter but the clarity of "working hard should get you a nice life" is a relief to hear out loud. And reflects everything everyone I know says all the time.
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A bit skewed towards Neocities (the hosting platform and the aesthetic), but that's okay:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkUg...
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A Web Revival: the Internet didn't die, you're just not on it
YouTube video by onionboots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkUgOT22F5s
3 months ago
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Anarchist Art Ⓐ
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It's time for my Monthly Link Dump: a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, hauntology, anarchism, utopianism, the gothic, neo-fabulism, and the Weird
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Monthly Link Dump: February 2026
This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, haunto...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/link-dump-february-2026
3 months ago
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I don't think I've actually been excited to update to the latest version of Firefox since the version number was in single figures, but the latest version - 148 - ships with a "switch off all AI" setting that I have swiftly enabled. Any software that includes AI should have a kill switch like this
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Bear TK
4 months ago
Being a nemesis of something toxic isn't quite the insult they hoped it would be! Please give my petition a boost, if you think the premise is reasonable? I believe think-tank funding to sway media and policy needs to be debated and made transparent:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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Petition: Require all think tanks to disclose their donors, funding, and media spending
Research bodies and representation of specialist interests is important when making policy. However, think tanks go beyond merely brainstorming ideas and presenting data and arguments. They can push s...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/752958
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New blog post: Life Drawing - 22nd February 2026
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3 months ago
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it is rare these days that the national news sparks joy (as Marie Kondo would say), but today there's a tiny glimmer of hope, albeit one that could all too easily be snuffed out.
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minor literature[s]
3 months ago
"The demand for verified profiles…dismantles a valuable feature of the early web: the ability to step outside the boundaries of offline gender, class, racial categories and appear as pure language ..."
@monalisavitti.bsky.social
interviews
@badaude.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2026/02/10/m...
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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
https://minorliteratures.com/2026/02/10/most-people-are-still-scrolling-because-theres-nowhere-else-to-go-an-interview-with-joanna-walsh-cristina-politano/
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The Guardian are a bit slow, but accurate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters
4 months ago
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🦇🤘 Jennie Rigg 🔶️🏳️🌈
4 months ago
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A few notes on yesterday's life-drawing session
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Life Drawing - 31st January 2026
I finished off the last day of January with a second session of life-drawing, following on from the session earlier this month. The first drawing (detail at the top of this post) took two forty-minute...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/life-drawing-2026-01-31
4 months ago
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4 months ago
If you have ever wanted to hear me talk about the role of Forteana and folklore within Hookland in an East End pub …. April is your lucky month.
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A very good step-by-step blog post for people who are interested in setting up a blog/website, but don't want to _have to_ learn how to code: A Beginner's Guide to the IndieWeb for Writers Who Don't Code (But Maybe Want to a Little)
brennan.day/a-beginners-...
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A Beginner's Guide to the IndieWeb for Writers Who Don't Code (But Maybe Want to a Little)
You don't need to be a developer to own your corner of the internet. A guide for writers, poets, and creators who want to escape algorithmic feeds and reclaim their digital presence. No computer scien...
https://brennan.day/a-beginners-guide-to-the-indieweb-for-writers-who-dont-code-but-maybe-want-to-a-little/
4 months ago
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Chris Limb
4 months ago
Is smoking a cigar like that a secret signal that you're a wrong 'un?
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This looks very interesting. I can't find any nearby cinemas saying they'll show it yet, but hopefully one will...
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It's time for me to re-share my post about 1. what is - and how to get - a free RSS Feed Reader to keep up-to-date with all your friends' blogs, and 2. a ready-made "British Weird" starter pack of blogs to follow, if that's your particular jam
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The British Weird RSS Starter Pack
One of the interesting things that social media platform Bluesky is doing is Starter Packs - lists that can be created by users to recommend other users — usually based around interest/occupation —…
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/the-british-weird-rss-starter-pack
4 months ago
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Meredith Mackworth-Praed
4 months ago
Imagine if they just funded the arts instead of AI
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It's time for the monthly link dump again
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Monthly Link Dump: January 2026
This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk, haunto...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/link-dump-january-2026
4 months ago
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A few quick lunchtime thoughts on this
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4 months ago
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If they do reboot it then they'd better do it right, or else (CC
@cultauthor.bsky.social
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‘Blake’s 7’ Reboot In The Works From ‘The Last Of Us’ Director Peter Hoar & ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ Exec Matthew Bouch
A 'Blake's 7' reboot is coming from 'The Last Of Us' director Peter Hoar and Matthew Bouch and their Multitude Productions indie.
https://deadline.com/2026/01/blakes-7-reboot-peter-hoar-matthew-bouch-multitude-productions-1236682580/
4 months ago
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Neil Renic
4 months ago
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer
4 months ago
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking? Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me. 1/
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ya ya yanina
4 months ago
We lived dispossessed of the world. Like any other artist I try to extract what is still alive in the mass of the objects and the meanings killed by capitalism.” —Claire Fontaine
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James Ball
4 months ago
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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I saw various posts about the new "Iron Cross" UKIP logo, and while my tendency was to believe it, my scepticism about believing anything on social media (without checking sources) kicked in. So I checked the electoral commission website, and it's true
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Current applications to update party registrations
View the political party names, descriptions and emblems which we are currently considering as part of our assessment process
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-registration-and-regulation/political-party-registration/current-applications-update-party-registrations
4 months ago
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New blog post: Life Drawing - 11th January 2026
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Life Drawing - 11th January 2026
I managed to get my first 2026 session of life-drawing done this past weekend. I was trying to find a particular style of pencil work that achieved the result I wanted, which I didn’t manage to do alt...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/life-drawing-2026-01-11
4 months ago
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I thought that Twitter/X had hit rock bottom a couple of years ago (which was when I left it), but the recent news items about it have proven me wrong - it's managed to get far worse.
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Sarah-Jayne Farrer
5 months ago
Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex. If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible!
@overslizzie.bsky.social
@reblambert.bsky.social
@hookland.bsky.social
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Somhairle Kelly
5 months ago
I really need to do a proper companion bibliography, but England's Dark Dreaming by
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk
and the work of
@guyshrubsole.bsky.social
will be at the top of it. There's a whole penumbra here ranging back past Belbury Poly and Gwyneth Jones. 3/
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New blog post - 2026 plans: artwork & community This is my first post of 2026, the 300th post since I added this blog to my site back in 2008, and we have just entered the 30th year of existence of my website.
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2026 plans: artwork & community
This is my first post of 2026, the 300th post since I added this blog to my website back in August 2008, and we have just entered the 30th year of existence for this website (which was originally laun...
https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/2026-plans-artwork-community
5 months ago
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