06 LONG-FORM JOURNAL
Politics,
memory,
slow notes.
MAY 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · TASTE · MENSWEAR · STYLE
The Apprenticeship of Taste
cloth, proportion, weather, and the slow education of the eye.
MAY 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · MEMORY · WEATHER · CONTINUITY
The Boat, the Night, and the Return
old skills, cold water, and the private architecture of continuity.
MAY 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · SHOES · MENSWEAR · UTILITY
Why the Paraboot Choice Felt Earned
French shoes, useful ugliness, and the difference between admiring an object and living in it.
APRIL 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · SPREZZATURA · STYLE · RESTRAINT
The Discipline of Sprezzatura
apparent ease, hidden rules, and the small operating system of getting dressed.
APRIL 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · SHIRTS · CLOTH · MENSWEAR
Oxford Cloth and the Intimacy of Shirts
Pima cotton, laundering, supply chains, and why the plain shirt is rarely plain.
APRIL 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · OUTERWEAR · UTILITY · MENSWEAR
Civilised Utility
workwear, outerwear, and the jacket that can behave indoors after meeting weather.
APRIL 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · LONDON · WALKING · WEATHER
London Field Days
Regent's Canal, coffee, weather, and the civilised art of making a day habitable.
APRIL 2026 · FIELD-JOURNAL · WRITING · DESIGN · STYLE
The House Style
prose, design, and the problem of sounding cultivated without arriving in costume.
FEBRUARY 2025 · HISTORY · POLITICS · EUROPE · IDENTITY
A Continental Perspective on Britain's War Myth
As a Dutch person, my relationship with the Second World War isn't one of pride — it's one of absence. When I encounter British war culture, my reaction isn't bemusement. It's something closer to revulsion.
FEBRUARY 2025 · ECONOMICS · POLITICS · CLASS · BRITAIN
Class, Capital, and the Cost of Living in the Past
England still hasn't adjusted to who it is today. The deeper you dig into why, the more structural the problem turns out to be — from aristocratic absorption of industrial power to a modern rentier economy.