Paul Watson
@lazaruscorporation.co.uk
Artist | Hastings, UK | He/him | Grand Council of #Hookland | https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/
The Guardian are a bit slow, but accurate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The Guardian are a bit slow, but accurate
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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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.
Events at The Bell in 2026
Feb - April
Feb 24 – Stevyn Colgan – A Policeman’s Progress from Law to Lore
Mar 31 – Dr Kate Cherrell – Celebrity Séances
Apr 28 – David Southwell – The Fortean and Folklore Origins of Hookland
Web: forteanlondon.blogspot.com or newsletter: eepurl.com/hV9OAr
Feb - April
Feb 24 – Stevyn Colgan – A Policeman’s Progress from Law to Lore
Mar 31 – Dr Kate Cherrell – Celebrity Séances
Apr 28 – David Southwell – The Fortean and Folklore Origins of Hookland
Web: forteanlondon.blogspot.com or newsletter: eepurl.com/hV9OAr
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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.
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-...
A Beginner's Guide to the IndieWeb for Writers Who Don't Code (But Maybe Want to a Little)
brennan.day/a-beginners-...
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...
brennan.day
January 29, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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-...
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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Is smoking a cigar like that a secret signal that you're a wrong 'un?
January 29, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Is smoking a cigar like that a secret signal that you're a wrong 'un?
This looks very interesting.
I can't find any nearby cinemas saying they'll show it yet, but hopefully one will...
I can't find any nearby cinemas saying they'll show it yet, but hopefully one will...
If you're in the UK, Rabbit Trap hits theaters this Friday, January 30. Recommended if you're interested in folk horror, the fae, hauntology, and things of that nature. A totally trippy time, starring Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen. Here's the trailer:
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This looks very interesting.
I can't find any nearby cinemas saying they'll show it yet, but hopefully one will...
I can't find any nearby cinemas saying they'll show it yet, but hopefully one will...
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
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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 —…
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January 28, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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Imagine if they just funded the arts instead of AI
January 27, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Imagine if they just funded the arts instead of AI
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
If they do reboot it then they'd better do it right, or else
(CC @cultauthor.bsky.social )
deadline.com/2026/01/blak...
(CC @cultauthor.bsky.social )
deadline.com/2026/01/blak...
‘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.
deadline.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM
If they do reboot it then they'd better do it right, or else
(CC @cultauthor.bsky.social )
deadline.com/2026/01/blak...
(CC @cultauthor.bsky.social )
deadline.com/2026/01/blak...
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I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
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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/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
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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
—Claire Fontaine
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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
—Claire Fontaine
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...
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
www.electoralcommission.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...
www.electoralcommission.org.uk/political-re...
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.
January 9, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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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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 @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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 @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
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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/
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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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*Those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" applies very strongly to not just governance in the UK, but the media outlets, commentators & Sensible People that build them & dictate policy. It is essentially wired into certain strata of UK society.
this is such an important thing to recognize and call out
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
the fascism is mostly done being nice at this point, but it got here through well dressed men politely asking questions while the rest of us were scolded for pointing out where those questions led
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 2, 2026 at 10:40 AM
*Those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty" applies very strongly to not just governance in the UK, but the media outlets, commentators & Sensible People that build them & dictate policy. It is essentially wired into certain strata of UK society.
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.
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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.
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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...
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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.
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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.
www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'