And just to qualify this one, I feel that the patriarchy crystallised and scaled under conditions of resource insecurity and inheritance anxiety, formalising hierarchies that already existed in proto-forms. Rather than just a 'masculinity bad/femininity good' dialectic, which is unhelpful generally.

Ooof! That one made me cry. Beautiful stuff, Jon.

That's beautiful, Jon - keep going.

Not very random, but something I won't forget - I bumped into Zandra Rhodes on a platform at Birmingham New Street station and asked her to sign my textbook while we were waiting for the same train to arrive. She kindly signed it in silver ink.

Not been here too long, but I'd say softly warm, faintly guarded— a dose of righteous indignation, but a bit more integrated than the usual. Like a slightly awkward hug from a renegade aunt you haven’t seen in years but still adore.