Here’s my 2026 in and out list: IN - contemplating - considering - pondering - a sincere sense of wonder - rereading all of Dostoevsky - voting Green OUT - scrolling - chewing noises - Timothée Chalamet - German philosophy - people who say “everything happens for a reason”

Here’s my 2026 in and out list: IN - contemplating - considering - pondering - a sincere sense of wonder - rereading all of Dostoevsky - voting Green OUT - scrolling - chewing noises - Timothée Chalamet - German philosophy - people who say “everything happens for a reason”

One chapter in and this Henry Bergson biography is shaping up to be my favourite Christmas present ...

And very enjoyable it is. Bergson has been present in our world but invisible and uncredited. This book reveals him again and restores his (Bergsonian) élan and a relevance dismissed after 1914.

Taking a break from my social media break because you all deserve to see what our dog sitter sent us

Taking a break from my social media break because you all deserve to see what our dog sitter sent us

Grâce à @emilyherring.bsky.social et à son beau livre, dynamique et bien informé, sur Bergson, je découvre l'histoire des "Rayons-N" (N comme Nancy), qui flatte paradoxalement mon patriotisme lorrain. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayon_N

OK you maniacs got what you wanted, I'm going to read the Count of Monte Cristo

This is what being a continental philosopher feels like and that’s why the analytics hate us

A bunch of new people followed me recently so I must remind you that I wrote a biography of Henri Bergson called Herald of a Restless World. I wrote it with my HANDS and BRAIN and I'm very proud of it. John Banville called it “The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year” (last year).

I think the main difference is that analytic philosophers are nerds and continentals are hot.

continental philosophy is when The Matrix but French

This is what being a continental philosopher feels like and that’s why the analytics hate us

Get your copy here (books make great presents) or don’t I’m not a cop: linktr.ee/eherring

It's a terrific read!

I found a folder in my phone called "good meme" and this was all that was inside

I'm thinking about the big Monets at the Orangerie

It is very good. I’ve read almost everything he wrote but Herald added new dimensions. 🙏🏻

Normal things happening on substack

I got a new David Byrne poster

Read it to find out about Bergson's philosophy of durée, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, and why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway! Get your copy here (books make great presents) or don’t I’m not a cop: linktr.ee/eherring

FWIW, I really enjoyed this book…

Get your copy here (books make great presents) or don’t I’m not a cop: linktr.ee/eherring

A bunch of new people followed me recently so I must remind you that I wrote a biography of Henri Bergson called Herald of a Restless World. I wrote it with my HANDS and BRAIN and I'm very proud of it. John Banville called it “The most intellectually stimulating book I read this year” (last year).

I got a new David Byrne poster

Normal things happening on substack

I live for bad taxidermy. This striking fella I encountered at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin

I live for bad taxidermy. This striking fella I encountered at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin

Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬 He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!

Berlin knows what's up

Berlin knows what's up

I'm going to Berlin for 3 days! Please recommend food, bars, museums, etc.!

I'm going to Berlin for 3 days! Please recommend food, bars, museums, etc.!

I learned this on the Bandsplain episode on Buckley www.theringer.com/podcasts/ban...

They had been struggling to get Fake Plastic Trees right and after hearing Buckley perform Thom Yorke nailed it. The really sad thing is Buckley never found out how much he had moved them 2/2

Apparently Jeff Buckley was super excited when he heard Radiohead were in the audience of one of his gigs only to find that they had left before the end. He assumed it meant they had hated his performance when in fact they had been so moved by it that they had to get into the studio immediately 1/2

Here are my favourite songs of the year curated into a fun playlist for you What are yours? youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Here are my favourite songs of the year curated into a fun playlist for you What are yours? youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Not now, bones of Santa

Missed this at the time, but this article should be in **every** paper rather than killed by one paper. Speaks volumes that it is not.

Not now, bones of Santa

Some of you are journalists and editors with staff jobs. Push back

Radio 4 and BBC and Channel 4 News and all the papers completely skewing the Peggie story so your average person will have no idea what actually happened. Doesn’t this make you furious? Integrity in journalism is dead, not just in the US

Apparently Jeff Buckley was super excited when he heard Radiohead were in the audience of one of his gigs only to find that they had left before the end. He assumed it meant they had hated his performance when in fact they had been so moved by it that they had to get into the studio immediately 1/2

Unless you're reading this from your private jet, the same system is oppressing us all. linktr.ee/boldpolitics

Listening to Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah while passing through somewhere as humdrum as Stevenage is a top tier existential crisis

Listening to Jeff Buckley's rendition of Lilac Wine on the train getting full body chills so intense I'm surprised no one has noticed

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Listening to Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah while passing through somewhere as humdrum as Stevenage is a top tier existential crisis