Life’s a Long Song: Night Draws in for the Traveller

It seems I may not have quite as many Substack posts in me as originally planned. This was always a possibility, what with my setting off 'in the…

Apr 3 • Andy Wilson

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January 2026

David Bowie and the Droog Superior: Violence and the Dame

Memories of the young Bowie are of his glamour, otherworldliness, and gay / bisexual advocacy. But that's not the whole story – another part being…

Jan 13 • Andy Wilson

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November 2025

Algorithms of Oppression: From Agrilogistics to AI

A friend's very special birthday party gave me a chance to air some of the ideas I have been discussing with friends in recent months.

Nov 30, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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The Surrealist Cabbage and Roger Caillois's Stones

In which the wonder-inducing properties of cabbages, the Surealist kitchen, and Roger Caillois's study of the forms of stones are discussed.

Nov 15, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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Michael Moynihan's Siege Mentality

Written back in 2010, before a lot of the Fascist underground went overground with Trump, this piece looked at the links between the post-industrial…

Nov 13, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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Georges Bataille and the Surrealist Blake

Among the Surrealists, Bataille was a passionate advocate for William Blake. But how did he connect Blake to his own philosophy of excess? Bataille…

Nov 1, 2025 • Andy Wilson and Stuart Kendall

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September 2025

St Basil and the Hedgehog of Regret

Thoughts on regret, animals and forms of geriatric emotional compression.

Sep 17, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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Rum, Sodomy & the Lash: 50 Years Since Joining the Mob

I'm taking a temporary personal turn for this post. Bear with me! Back to Blake &c soon: 50 years ago this week, I set off from my home in Coventry…

Sep 9, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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August 2025

Blake, Castoriadis and the Radical Imagination

The Traveller in the Evening talks to Castoriadis scholar and activist, Stephen Hastings-King, about Blake and Castoriadis's radical concept of the…

Aug 23, 2025 • Andy Wilson and Stephen Hastings-King

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Timothy Morton: Black Opals of Gurgling Negation

After months of frantic Signalling, Timothy Morton and Andy get it together to spill the beans on Trump, the Great Chain of Being, Babylon…

Aug 15, 2025 • Andy Wilson and Timothy Morton

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Captain, my Captain! Thoughts on Blake's Death Day

As we approach the 200ᵗʰ anniversary of Blake's death (12th Aug 1827), what can we conclude about his legacy and impact today? A starter pack...

Aug 12, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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Evergreen Review: Dispatches from the Literary Underground

Pat Thomas has produced a compilation of work from the glory days of the US literary and counterculture journal, Evergreen Review. How did they manage…

Aug 11, 2025 • Andy Wilson

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