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September/October issue: A Tolkien Jubilee

2023-08-30T19:08:45-05:00

Sample Content from Our Latest Issue Table of Contents Sample Article 50 Years After the Father's Farewell This September marks the fiftieth anniversary of J. R. R. Tolkien’s voyage to the Blessed Realm. Husband, father, scholar, author, artist—a myriad of titles could not do justice to the man behind the mythology of Middle-earth. However, there is [...]

September/October issue: A Tolkien Jubilee2023-08-30T19:08:45-05:00

July/August Issue: Faith and Fantasy: Chesterton, Tolkien, Lewis, Rowling and Other Tellers of Tall Tales

2023-07-03T15:08:56-05:00

Sample Content from Our Latest Issue Table of Contents Sample Article Who is Tom Bombadil? Mystery. Enigma. These are two words to describe Tom Bombadil. Ever since his first appearance in The Fellowship of the Ring, published in 1954, he has left readers guessing and debating about who he is. Many have spent decades conjecturing [...]

July/August Issue: Faith and Fantasy: Chesterton, Tolkien, Lewis, Rowling and Other Tellers of Tall Tales2023-07-03T15:08:56-05:00

May / June Issue — The Mere Genius of C. S. Lewis

2023-04-25T01:08:26-05:00

Sample Content from Our Latest Issue Table of Contents Sample Article The Great Divorce: A Novel Answer to an Immodest Proposal Well before Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone debuted in 1959, C. S. Lewis wrote a fantasy novel that crossed over “into another dimension” not only of sight, sound, and mind, but of soul. Published during the [...]

May / June Issue — The Mere Genius of C. S. Lewis2023-04-25T01:08:26-05:00

Sympathy for the Devil?

2023-09-28T22:26:18-05:00

Is Milton responsible for making the Devil a sympathetic character? Joseph Pearce asks and endeavours to answer this controversial question...  Sympathy for the Devil? - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)

Sympathy for the Devil?2023-09-28T22:26:18-05:00

A Dazzling Dozen

2023-09-28T22:25:25-05:00

Joseph Pearce recommends twelve works of contemporary fiction published in the twenty-first century... A Dazzling Dozen - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)

A Dazzling Dozen2023-09-28T22:25:25-05:00

Saint, Martyr and Shakespeare’s Muse

2023-09-21T15:19:58-05:00

Celebrating the Saint Robert Southwell whose poetry and holiness inspired the works of Shakespeare... Saint, Martyr and Shakespeare's Muse - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)

Saint, Martyr and Shakespeare’s Muse2023-09-21T15:19:58-05:00

2023-09-21T15:11:22-05:00

How did Tolkien's Catholic faith inspire his work? Tolkien the Catholic - Joseph Pearce (jpearce.co)

2023-09-21T15:11:22-05:00

Maurice Evans and Hamlet

2023-09-17T23:03:12-05:00

In her autobiography, My Life in Three Acts (1990), Helen Hayes contrasted her acting career with that of her friend, Maurice Evans. “Maurice had an advantage that I lacked,” she explained, “a strong drive to get ahead.” Of herself, she shrugged, “I just floated along, and things somehow fell into my lap.” Unimpressed by Evans’ drive, [...]

Maurice Evans and Hamlet2023-09-17T23:03:12-05:00
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