Singing in the Rain
Joseph Pearce2021-07-28T10:59:11+00:00Here you will find me singing in the rain, not with Gene Kelly but with that other G.K..... https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/07/singing-in-the-rain-joseph-pearce.html
Almost There!
Joseph Pearce2021-07-22T17:37:59+00:00It's taken over a year but we're almost there! Our long and arduous pilgrimage across Europe in the company of Hilaire Belloc is almost over. The Eternal City is in sight....
A Bouquet of Roses (with Thorns)
Joseph Pearce2021-07-22T17:29:34+00:00This week, I read three of my own poems, written over the years for my wife, as well as a couple of whimsical pieces that might make you smile, both of which are parodies of other poets....
Mindszenty: Living the Martyred Life
Joseph Pearce2021-07-22T17:23:07+00:00In this Inner Sanctum exclusive, I read the Foreword I've just written to a new edition of Cardinal Mindszenty's Memoirs which will be published next spring by Ignatius Press....
Dante Overload
Joseph Pearce2021-07-22T17:11:59+00:00Ladydale Diary Saint Mary Magdalene, 2021 After last week’s travels, this has been a week spent at home, climbing the mountainous backlog of work that awaited my return. One consequence of the backlog was my inability to record and post the podcasts for the Inner Sanctum, and write the Ladydale Diary, until Saturday morning, forcing [...]
Behind & Beyond The Lord of the Rings
Joseph Pearce2021-07-20T20:30:05+00:00Please consider joining me for a five week course on Tolkien. Here are the details: https://memoriacollege.org/register/electives/413-the-lord-of-the-rings/?utm_source=Memoria+Press+Newsletter&utm_campaign=890d2c9353-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_10_08_01_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_072ad3909f-890d2c9353-12204970
Chesterton, Literature, Suffering and Happiness
Joseph Pearce2021-07-19T16:27:06+00:00The videos of the two plenary talks that I gave at the Memoria College conference in Kentucky last week have now been posted online. The two talks are "Great Literature & the Problem of Pain" and "Chesterton and the Key to Happiness". They can be watched here: https://www.memoriapress.com/plenaries/
Join Me on the Path to Rome
Joseph Pearce2021-07-19T14:57:29+00:00In September and October I'm teaching an online high school level course for Homeschool Connections on Hilaire Belloc's classic work, The Path to Rome. Please share the link below to any parents of high school age students who might be interested in joining me and Belloc on a pilgrimage to the Eternal City via the [...]
Revisiting a Great and Neglected Novelist
Joseph Pearce2021-07-17T20:18:03+00:00Here's an interview I gave for a Spanish journal on the brilliance of the largely forgotten literary convert, Maurice Baring.... https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2021/07/praise-great-neglected-novelist-maurice-baring-joseph-pearce.html
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight in a Nutshell
Joseph Pearce2021-07-17T20:00:40+00:00The purgatorial quest of a knight of the roundtable.... https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-in-a-nutshell