Maximus Lollius

I write a Substack examining the Greats. Thomas Carlyle, Plutarch.

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

‘Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration” - M Arnold, Culture & Anarchy

[Liberite 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @brownliberite]

What Burnham will see on Victoria Embankment upon his attempt to enter Parliament

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

@kunley_drukpa Keir, only, cruel immortality consumes
The nation withers slowly in his hand

[Colombe @Columba_1]

New book of poems will be available at the end of the month.

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

@AntigoneJournal What are the medieval Dumbarton’s?

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@AntigoneJournal Or, infinity.

[Old Sovereign Publishing @OldSovPub]

Extra points for those of you who might have spotted the first image we have released from the upcoming edition of Le Morte d'Arthur

[Joe @MrJoeGooch]

I don’t know who this bloke is, but he looks like he’s stepped straight out of a different era.
The suit. The hat. The broom. The confidence.
A proper throwback to an England that valued character, individuality and a bit of class.

[doomer @uncledoomer]

young couples trying to raise a family in our clown economy are admirable bordering on heroic, so if you have kids, its actually a patriotic duty to invade spaces where boomers, "childfree" redditors, disney adults, other sorts of foul beasts, cavort and stuff their putrid jowls

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

You can just read things

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

Chilling.

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Deepest England

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

The key is that passive listeners are more prevalent than active listeners.

But with an active listen there is nothing wrong with the audiobook format.

[Sami Gold @souljagoyteller]

People are too anti-audiobooks on here. For most books you don’t lose anything via the change from page to audio

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

Cadbury was founded in Birmingham in 1824.

In 2010, it was acquired by an American company.

Today, much of the profit from one of England's best-known chocolate brands flows to overseas shareholders.

The UK chocolate market is worth over £8 billion a year. If just 10% shifted to English-made producers, that's £800 million supporting businesses, jobs and investment here.

We're building https://t.co/eWD8weWXHH to make it easy to find them.

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

We’re in a cultural bottleneck.
Push through.

[Sam @Art_Deano]

I'm increasingly choosing physical media over digital sources. With the rise of AI good information is harder to come by.

Only those that possess a higher standard will survive the deterioration of the internet.

[Antigone Journal @AntigoneJournal]

A short thread of some photos, if of interest.
1. Wideshot of the Library.
2. Wideshot of the Latin Room.
3. Desk and mantelpiece (mostly 17th-19th-century editions of Latin and Greek)
4. Rotating bookcase (Latin texts), guarded by Cali.

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

@InterestEnjoyer @vagueviolet For a man under 30, 7 is par

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@InterestEnjoyer @vagueviolet 5 is par

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@RealSame107 Lady w the dog - great choice

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What is our favourite Chekhov?

[Maximus Lollius @MLollius]

Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and a pint

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@DIGITAL_WRAITH_ Why?

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@London_W4 Lyceum Tavern?