My latest piece for the Imaginative Conservative looks at the influence of Chesterton's essay "The Ethics of Elfland" (chapter four of Orthodoxy) on Tolkien's philosophy of myth, as expounded in the latter's famous lecture/essay "On Fairy Stories": The great G.K. Chesterton had a huge impact on my embrace of Christian orthodoxy. It would, in fact, be no exaggeration [...]
This month sees the publication of The Story of Kullervo, a so-called "new" work by J. R. R. Tolkien. Originally written when Tolkien was a young man and long before he wrote the works for which he is better known, it is a retelling of a story recounted in a Finnish epic. Here's an interview I [...]
I've just received a thoughtful and thought-provoking e-mail from a lady taking issue with my recent article in which I predicted that the success of the Scottish National Party in the British General Election could lead to the dissolution of the United Kingdom, which I implied would not be a bad thing. I'm publishing the pertinent part [...]