On Pilgrimage with Belloc
Joseph Pearce2020-09-11T16:37:27+00:00Continuing our pilgrimage to Rome with Hilaire Belloc, we find ourselves at an inn on the border between France and Germany.
Wordsworth on Feminine Beauty and Flowers
Joseph Pearce2020-09-11T16:25:54+00:00William Wordsworth waxes lyrical on the beauty of the feminine and is also astonished by the beauty of nature. Join me as I read and discuss three of Wordsworth's poems.
Defending America’s Rule of Reason
Joseph Pearce2020-09-08T15:38:59+00:00My interview with Robert R. Reilly, author of America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding, has just been published by the Epoch Times: https://www.theepochtimes.com/defending-americas-rule-of-reason_3484541.html
Going to Purgatory with J.R.R. Tolkien
Joseph Pearce2020-09-08T10:25:21+00:00Continuing my recent spate of essays exploring the after-life with great writers and poets, here's how Tolkien perceives purgatory in his short story, "Leaf by Niggle": https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/09/going-purgatory-tolkien-joseph-pearce.html#comment-648525
Antifa: Storm Troopers of Globalist Plutocracy
Joseph Pearce2020-09-04T14:44:35+00:00As the United States experiences social unrest on a level not seen for many years, I discuss how Antifa members are actually the storm troopers of globalist capitalism:
Into the Mountains with Belloc
Joseph Pearce2020-09-04T14:33:25+00:00As we continue on our pilgrimage to Rome with Hilaire Belloc, we follow the Moselle River to its source in the mountains of eastern France:
Three Poems by William Blake
Joseph Pearce2020-09-04T14:26:51+00:00Please join me for this week's Poems of the Week as I read and discuss three poems by William Blake:
Reliving the Death of Henry VIII
Joseph Pearce2020-09-04T14:45:58+00:00Ladydale Diary Blessed Nicholas Horner, 2020 A quick word about the English Martyr, Nicholas Horner, whose feast day we celebrate on the day I’m writing (September 4). He was hanged, drawn and quartered in 1590, during the reign of Bloody Bess, for the heinous crime of harbouring a priest and for refusing to conform [...]
The World’s First Radio Shakespeare Festival
Joseph Pearce2020-09-03T21:12:38+00:00I'm so excited to be the host of the world's first Radio Shakespeare Festival, which is being aired live over the Labor Day weekend by the Crusade Channel. I introduce twelve of Shakespeare's plays, delving into the deeper dimension of their meaning. As for the plays themselves, they were originally aired during the golden age [...]
What’s New in This Week’s Inner Sanctum
Joseph Pearce2020-09-02T09:54:02+00:00Here is what's newly posted in the Inner Sanctum of jpearce.co: The fifth and final part of a deeper-delving into the Catholic dimension of The Merchant of Venice. Three poems by the great convert poet, Roy Campbell, are read and discussed. The latest installment of our pilgrimage with Hilaire Belloc on the Path to Rome. [...]