Here we present, in abridged form, a rather poignant chapter from Major-General Richard Hilton’s Imperial Obituary, which is arguably even relevant as concerns the British politics of today. The painting featured above is ‘The Course of Empire: Destruction’ by Thomas Cole, painted 1836, perhaps a tad dramatic, but nonetheless thematically related to the subject matter of today’s text. The most disquieting fact of British history in recent years is the fact that the British Empire emerged fro...
After a busy spring the crew at Wylfings has been enjoying the summer sun, but in August we've gotten back to work to present new titles as well as a YouTube channel, with more to come in the fall! In this newsletter we provide a recap of the month’s updates Today we have released Chort Hydroponics. This titan of a work gathers the essays and stories of three contemporary Russian right-wing philosophers who agree on almost nothing—yet agree on enough to render a fractal of thought on the other ...
Of all these local struggles, scattered far and wide throughout India, the epic story of Lucknow stands out as a self-contained episode of tremendous fortitude and heroism. Major-General Richard Hilton (1957), The Indian Mutiny An extract from chapter 8 of the book quoted above, so named The Epic of Lucknow, covering, as might be presumed by the name, that which transpired at the titular city during the course of the rebellion. The artwork above is a watercolour by Henry Martens from 1858.1 Fo...
This text is a short work by Evgeny Golovin, presented alongside other works of late 20th century and contemporary philosophy in the upcoming anthology Chort Hydroponics, all of which have been translated into English for the first time by Wylfing's in-house translation team. Artwork, of course, by our commendable S.I. Smith. '... You’ve been unmasked, Lieutenant Kvasov! I advise you not to fight me on this!' — Andrey felt his beautiful eyes narrow. He began wanting to spit in the nazi’s bloate...
This text is a chapter from 'Bolsheviks', written my Mikhail Pervukhin. In this book the author provides personal portraits of leading Bolshevik figures. This chapter concerns Lenin. Artwork by S.I. Smith. History, it seems to me, had not known a case when a large country, occupying a sixth of the Earth’s surface and counting 170 million humans among its population, was managed by a gang of men who didn’t even use their real names. By men who, under quasi literary pseudonyms, would jealously co...
By 'Zakhmi Dil' (a pseudonym belonging to Major-General Richard Hilton) This story was originally published as an article in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol.234, in December 1933. This story has not been available online until now. This, and other stories written by the same author, are available in our republished edition of Nine Lives, the Autobiography of an Old Soldier, available on wylfings.com THIS is a tale of many years ago—so many that the telling seems permissible. My companions ...