There is presently a real and refreshing interest in GK Chesterton among serious French Catholics. Several of his books are available in recent translations - including a version of The Flying Inn by the great philosopher and critic Pierre Boutang. On October 15, Paris hosted what appears to have been the first major conference ever devoted to [...]
It's with understandable pride that I am able to announce the forthcoming appearance of my wife, Ruth Asch's first book of poems, Reflections, to be published by the St Austin Press this month. Although Ruth has been writing original poetry and verse translations from French and Hebrew for years, and is thus in no way a [...]
While the Church of England is clearly entering the last stages of decay, with Rowan Williams's proposal of a two-track church - one accepting homosexual union and clergy, the other rejecting it - it would be a mistake for Catholics to crow over its demise, for at least three reasons: First of all, it would be in poor taste. [...]
My wife, two small children and I will be heading back to Europe in a couple of weeks after a richly enjoyable and informative six-month stay in the States. It has been a blessing, in so many ways, to spend time here, learning, I hope, more than a little from the professionalism, commitment and enthusiasm of [...]
During the course of some research for my forthcoming book on Lionel Johnson, I came across Spooner's entry in the new Dictionary of National Biography. The Reverend William Archibald Spooner - who was warden of New College in Johnson's time, and one of whose daughters married Johnson's best friend - is, of course, best remembered for [...]
