Revisiting Old Favourites
Tolkien’s Catholic Imagination
Revisiting my appraisal of a book on the Catholic Imagination [...]
My Fifty Years with Tolkien
Celebrating a half century spent in the light and shadow [...]
The Sixteenth Century in Three Dimensions
Looking at the good, bad and beautiful 1500s...
The Chesterbelloc: The Beauty of the Beast
Comparing and contrasting the brilliance of Chesterton and Belloc... [...]
Defending Tolkien
My riposte to a critic who denied the Catholicism of [...]
The Priest in Literature
Exploring the way that priests are depicted in literature... [...]
Judas the Biographer
A biographer who betrays her subject with a kiss... [...]
Chesterton and Fascism
What exactly is fascism and what did Chesterton think about [...]
Portrait of a Civilized Man
I pay tribute to one of the most cultured and [...]
The Closest I’ve Ever Been to Christ
Two very personal testimonies in which I recall the day [...]
From Racial Hatred to Rational Love
Revisiting an interview I gave in 2000 to an English [...]
What is Authentic Catholic Education?
Understanding the essential characteristics of genuine Catholic education...