Why do we insist on calling Romeo & Juliet a romance and not a tragedy? Here’s the answer.

I was honoured to give a talk in Washington DC on St. Patrick’s Day for the Institute of Catholic Culture. My talk was on St. Patrick’s Breastplate. Before and after my talk, there was great Irish music and dancing. Those wishing to watch the video of the talk and/or join the party with the Irish musicians and dancers, need look no further than this link.

An interview I did with David Bates, a popular blogger and podcaster on all things related to C. S. Lewis, is now available on David’s blog.

Here’s my personal tribute to a great scholar who passed away earlier this month.

Is your neighbour an alien? There are certain tell-tale signs which allow us to identify the aliens in our midst. Intrigued? Read on.

Tolkien’s work is infused with Catholic theology. This brief essay of mine, originally published as the entry under “Redemption” in The Tolkien Encyclopedia, has just been published by Faith & Culture.

Well, is it? 

Following in the footsteps of T. S. Eliot and others, I am offering a definition of culture.

The late Fr. Milward was much more than a leading scholar of Shakespeare and Hopkins. He was also a keen observer of culture, seeing it through the lens of his training as a Jesuit and also from the perspective of more than sixty years of teaching in Japan. Here is my tribute to Fr. Milward’s insights into the true meaning and purpose of education.

I will be returning to Chavagnes International College in the beautiful Vendée region of France this summer to teach a one-week intensive course on “The Annointed Imagination”, which will cover the full spectrum of great literature from Homer to Tolkien. Please do consider joining me.