11/06/2020 – Dunciad

Category: Politics

And before I forget…

Posted On 11/06/202011/06/2020 By David Waywell2 Comments

A new piece by me, over at Reaction, about cultural sectarianism and why we’re in such a bad place. Read it by clicking here… (Though there might be a paywall. Sorry!)

Category: Blog/Politics

Are Statues So Naïve?

Posted On 11/06/202011/06/2020 By David Waywellcomment

The re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter as a cultural force means the usual divisive stories are again dominating the headlines. They amount to a screaming match going on around the so-called “cancellation of white culture”. Classic movies such as Gone With The Wind are being withdrawn so producers can give them more historical context […]

Why Dunciad.com?

It’s a cool domain name and it was available. Yes, I know. Available. Crazy, isn’t it?

Really?

Yes. It also helps that it’s also my favourite satire written by Alexander Pope, one of the most metrically pure English poets who also knew his way around a crude insult or two. If you’ve not read it, you should give it a try.

So this is satire, right?

Can’t deny it. There will be some. But it’s also an experiment in writing and drawing, giving work away for free in order to see how many people are willing to support a writer doing his thing. It’s the weird stuff that I wouldn’t get published elsewhere in this word of diminishing demands and cookie-cutter tastes.