# harrison (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 10 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover harrison. Page: Feed: --- ## [the magical mystery tour (6)](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/08/19/the-magical-mystery-tour-6/) _2026-08-19 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ Signing queue, flying books, running man, immense flagstones, observed in a corridor at the Edinburgh festival. And here are all the brilliant answers to the Booker Longlist Writers’ questionnaire. ## [North Sea Poets Weekend Bulletin - New Sunday Morning Reading Circle and Studio!](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/north-sea-poets-weekend-bulletin-547) _2026-08-15 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 15th August 2026 ## [Why Do Nations Go to War? Land, Resources and the Geopolitics of Rent Webinar Announcement](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/why-do-nations-go-to-war-land-resources) _2026-08-14 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ Join me to explore whether the economics of land and natural resources can help explain, and ultimately reduce, the conflicts threatening world peace. ## [We’ll all go together](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/well-all-go-together) _2026-08-14 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ Kathleen Jamie on recent wildfires ## [alien people, clutching their goods](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/08/13/19236/) _2026-08-13 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ \[T\]he weird, and its capacity to alienate, matters. At its best it stops being a fantastical escapism and loosens our grip on our own realities just enough to let a new one in. As Harrison puts it in Wish I Was Here: “The weird is a way of writing about the real.” Seek out the weird. \[ \] ## [It takes a community to win](https://halwalter.substack.com/p/it-takes-a-community-to-win) _2026-08-11 · Hal Walter · Hardscrabble Times_ The true meaning of competition lies in its Latin roots ## [& there’s also this](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/theres-also-this/) _2026-08-11 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ The End of Everything on BBC R4 Take 4 Books, this Sunday 16th, at 16:00. Tune in and have a listen to me James Crawford chatting about the book and three of its many indirect precursors. Lots of other events to come, beginning with this pivotal point on the Magical Mystery Tour on the \[ \] ## [Luther Condemned Rigid Practices, Valued Liberty & Local Community in Worship; 2 Rural LCMS Iowa Churches Close When SMP Candidate Denied Due to New Age Restriction; LCMS Pastor Shortage Grows Larger](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/luther-condemned-rigid-practices) _2026-08-11 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Read Martin Luther's views on Christian Freedom; Mainline Seminaries are Shrinking or Vanishing While Non-Conformist Seminaries are Booming; Having More Babies is Good, But Won’t Stop LCMS's Decline ## [It Begins: The New LCMS 40-Years-Old SMP Requirement Results in the Closure of 2 Rural Iowa Congregations; Why Was No Age Exception Made?](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/it-begins-the-new-lcms-40-years-old) _2026-08-05 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Policy Has Real Human and Spiritual Ramifications, Especially in Small and Rural Communities, as 150-Year-Old Congregation Forced to Close After SMP Candidate Rejected Because of Age Restriction ## [The 2026 State of the LCMS Survey Now Open!](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/the-2026-state-of-the-lcms-survey) _2026-08-04 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ All LCMS Pastors, Church Workers, & People in the Pews Encouraged to Participate & Help Shape Conversations & Ministries ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EZ1o5caTzJ9U) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Continuing education](https://halwalter.substack.com/p/continuing-education) _2026-08-02 · Hal Walter · Hardscrabble Times_ At the Fairplay World Championship Pack-Burro Race the key is getting out of town in one piece. ## [Fred Harrison, The Fight for the Rents of Russia](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/fred-harrison-the-fight-for-the-rents) _2026-07-31 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ The 1993 Lecture That Could Have Saved Russia, and Predicted the Crashes of 2008 and 2026 ## [and there’s this](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/and-theres-this/) _2026-07-30 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ A care package from New York. Nice to find myself back in the USA, at Riverhead, under the umbrella of Penguin Random House and in company like this. The End of Everything publishes on 13th October 2026. More details as I have them. Addendum: Funnily enough, Jynne Dilling, VP Deputy Publisher at Riverhead, a \[ \] ## [there’s this](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/theres-this/) _2026-07-30 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ ## [The Moat](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/the-moat) _2026-07-30 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ Forget the left & right the real economic fight is between monopoly and the free market ## [LCMS 2026 Convention Recap Video, Podcast, & Overview Guide Developed & Released by Lead Time & LCMS Rev. Rob Bailey](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/lcms-2026-convention-recap-video) _2026-07-30 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Resources Provide In-Person Attendee & Delegate Perspectives & Detailed Proceedings Analysis Not Found Elsewhere ## [Are the Normans Still Robbing Britain?](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/are-the-normans-still-robbing-britain) _2026-07-29 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ The Hide and the Geld: What Anglo-Saxon Taxation Still Has to Teach Us ## [LCMS 2026 Convention Wraps Up: Synod Remains United in Doctrine, Divided on Topics Like Pastoral Formation, Roles of Women, Worship Practice, Altar & Pulpit Fellowship with AALC, "Lutheran Identity"](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/lcms-2026-convention-wraps-up-synod) _2026-07-28 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Concordia Seminary Professor Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann Reminds Pastors to Honor Ordination Vows, Live Lives Above Reproach, & Stop Behaviors that Harm Christ's Church; Can LCMS Fill 600+ Empty Pulpits? ## [Bullshit Capture](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/bullshit-capture) _2026-07-28 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ Carbon capture doesn’t work, the only technology that actually pulls carbon from the air is the one we keep paying to destroy. ## [A Grander Chessboard - and the real hidden motivation behind Trump's madness:](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/a-grander-chessboard-and-the-real) _2026-07-26 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ The Great Gamble: Inside Trump’s High-Risk Approach to Complex Systems that Fuels His Personal Empire ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H4vzUHh4lq9r) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Gary Stevenson's Wealth Tax Won't Stop The Coming Crash (Fred Harrison Responds)](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/gary-stevensons-wealth-tax-wont-stop) _2026-07-25 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ Fred Harrison on why the diagnosis was right, the cure was wrong, and the clock is already running out. ## [North Sea Poets Weekend Bulletin - Shakespeare’s Sonnets](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/north-sea-poets-weekend-bulletin-2f8) _2026-07-24 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 24th July 2026 ## [Full circle](https://halwalter.substack.com/p/full-circle) _2026-07-24 · Hal Walter · Hardscrabble Times_ Harrison starts a third job, but the backstory is thought-provoking. ## [the magical mystery tour (5)](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/22/the-magical-mystery-tour-5/) _2026-07-22 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ Great audience at Foyles Charing Cross Road yesterday evening for a gig with the magisterial Chris Power. We enjoyed ouselves we hope you did too. Some well-known faces very familiar ones. The 6th floor at Foyles has become one of my safe spaces, so thanks guys. Thanks Chris, everyone who came to \[ \] ## [Beavers, Trout and the Rent of the Lie](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/beavers-trout-and-the-rent-of-the) _2026-07-19 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ The fish are fine. It's the beat owner's balance sheet that's frightened. ## [Real Rewilding is Passive Rewilding](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/real-rewilding-is-passive-rewilding) _2026-07-19 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ Italy did nothing, and doubled its forests. It worked better than anything Britain has managed on purpose. ## [Thinking About Pastoral Formation](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/thinking-about-pastoral-formation) _2026-07-19 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Concordia Seminary Professor, LCMS Central Region Vice President Candidate Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann, Shares His Unique Insights on This Important and Timely Topic ## [Reviving the Commons: From Economics to Culture, We Need Henry George](https://peeta462032.substack.com/p/reviving-the-commons-from-economics) _2026-07-19 · Peter Smith Rewilding · Peter Smith Rewilding_ Ostrom showed how communities can govern land without owners or states. She never asked who should own its value and the economic force needed for its revival. ## [conjuring a general epistemological collapse r us](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/conjuring-a-general-epistemological-collapse-r-us/) _2026-07-18 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ In a post-apocalyptic Britain, haunted by strange lifeforms called iGhetti and cut off from mainland Europe by fog, people flock to boats to emigrate. Money has failed. The fabric of reality has changed. There is full-on body horror here, but the deepest terror of the novel is in how perfectly it conjures a general epistemological \[ \] ## [Shakespeare, the Sonnet and the uses of Scholarship](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/shakespeare-the-sonnet-and-the-uses) _2026-07-18 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ Don Paterson is over it ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WfE9IMo7t3EP) _2026-07-18 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [Sacred Spaces, Permanent Places: LCMS Concordia University Ann Arbor's Chapel of the Holy Trinity Deconsecrated](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/sacred-spaces-permanent-places-lcms) _2026-07-17 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ A First Person View of CUAA's Legacy, Concordia University System's (CUS) History of 5 University Closures & Exits in 8 Years, the Pain of Closures, & the Loss of Ministry Presence in Communities ## [the magical mystery tour (4)](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/the-magical-mystery-tour-4/) _2026-07-16 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ BookHaus, Bristol, Tuesday 14th July. Warm sunny, crowds watching the football late into the evening. I had a glass or two of wine to celebrate to myself the changes of the last few years. ## [LCMS 2026 Convention Resources Developed to Help Educate & Equip Delegates & Convention Goers; Prayers for Godly Conversations, Independent Thinking, & Wise Decisions](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/lcms-2026-convention-resources-developed) _2026-07-15 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann Reminds Us to Think, Talk, & Act Like Christians; Efforts to Restrict & Reduce Women's Roles Incorrectly Apply Scripture; Synod Responds to Erroneous July 9 Election Email ## [‘weirden’: the magic and mystery of erasure poetry](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/weirden-the-magic-and-mystery-of) _2026-07-10 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ Lesley Harrison on the strange world of ## [1st Round LCMS Synodical President Voter Emails Received 1 Month After End of That Round; Mounting Concern of Possible Voter Disenfranchisement Has Some Calling Into Question Legitimacy of Election](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/1st-round-lcms-synodical-president) _2026-07-09 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ Growing Chorus of Voters Call for the LCMS Board of Directors to Intervene and Demand a Single Round Election Between Harrison & Biermann Run by Competent Organization Fully Independent of Synod ## [a progress report on the end of everything](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/a-progress-report-on-the-end-of-everything/) _2026-07-08 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ We ve had a very satisfying three weeks since launch, with through-the-tills sales figures that made us gasp and which propelled the book into the top ten of the Times Bestseller list an event previously missing from the fifty year timeline of my so-called career. Much of this has been due to work put in by the \[ \] ## [(untitled)](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/19137/) _2026-07-07 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ ## [Institutional Self-Preservation Trumps Structural Reform: An Analysis of What the LCMS 2026 Convention Floor Committees Actually Did -- And What It Means for the People in the Pews](https://truthandlightmedia.substack.com/p/institutional-self-preservation-trumps) _2026-07-07 · Truth & Light Media · Karsten Christiansen_ 4 Committees Deviated Greatly from Submitted Overtures: Life Together, Pastoral Ministry & Seminaries, University Education, Structure & Admin; Delegates Can Restore Original Intent & Demand Votes ## [the magical mystery tour (3)](https://ambientehotel.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/the-magical-mystery-tour-3/) _2026-07-03 · uzwi · the m john harrison blog_ Blackwell s on Bridge St Edinburgh, Thursday night. Nina Allan chairs; I say the words explanatory collapse a lot; a great night is thus ensured for all. Later we go to the Italian restaurant that used to be one of RLS s favourite drinking holes, where I lose my favourite signing pen, Nina finds out that she s \[ \] ## [‘June’](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/june) _2026-07-03 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ An extract from Cairn by Kathleen Jamie ## [Radical. Media.](https://halwalter.substack.com/p/radical-media) _2026-07-03 · Hal Walter · Hardscrabble Times_ A photo essay ## [The Nation's Toughest Marathon](https://halwalter.substack.com/p/the-nations-toughest-marathon) _2026-06-28 · Hal Walter · Hardscrabble Times_ The Blur gets on the podium ## [What We're Reading This Summer](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/what-were-reading-this-summer) _2026-06-26 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ The books waiting to be read ## [North Sea Poets Weekend Bulletin - Shakespeare’s Sonnets and a New Studio!](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/north-sea-poets-weekend-bulletin-0b3) _2026-06-21 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ A Weekend Update from North Sea Poets - 21st June 2026 ## [POETS ARE LIARS](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/poets-are-liars) _2026-06-20 · Don Paterson · North Sea Poets_ Don Paterson on poetry, philosophy and lies ## [Marathon training and an ultra journey](https://halwalter.substack.com/p/marathon-training-and-an-ultra-journey) _2026-06-20 · Hal Walter · Hardscrabble Times_ We're dropping the final chapter of our book on Father's Day! ## [Thriving on ‘the humdrum’: Michael Laskey](https://northseapoets.substack.com/p/thriving-on-the-humdrum-michael-laskey) _2026-06-12 · North Sea Poets · North Sea Poets_ Nicola Healey on Michael Laskey’s Collected Poems ## [Transformation in Newington Green](https://www.barnsburylaycock.uk/transformation-in-newington-green-2/) _2026-04-30 · Nick Kocharhook · Barnsbury & Laycock Community Streets_ by David Harrison It is hard to picture what Newington Green was like when I first moved to the area in the 1980s. Gone, now, are the three lanes of traffic, speeding along at 30 mph. At that time, it was difficult enough to cross the roads, but there was ## [Elections in Barnsbury & Laycock](https://www.barnsburylaycock.uk/elections-in-barnsbury-laycock/) _2026-04-17 · Nick Kocharhook · Barnsbury & Laycock Community Streets_ Dear neighbours and supporters, With the Barnsbury ward and Laycock ward elections taking place on Thursday 7th May, we want to share a clear, factual overview of where each party stands in relation to the proposed Barnsbury & Laycock Liveable Neighbourhood scheme, and what the different voting options may mean ## [Create your own environmental policy](https://www.ellieharrison.com/framework/) _2026-04-02 · Ellie Harrison · Ellie Harrison_ The second part of a-n's Framework: Module 7 - Art environmental practice , Harrison delivered an artist's talk and workshop to help get other artists thinking about how to create their own Environmental Policy , alongside artists Tom Pope and Alys Scott-Hawkins , author's of a-n's new Green Manifesto . 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