When there’s too much contradictory discussion on abstract topics such as love, politics, or faith, it’s as though dust is thrown up in the air with each new input or source, so that the topic itself becomes so obscured we have to stop and try to remember: Wait. What are we talking about? Since the arrival [...]
Fifty years ago premiered Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon. Based on a novel from 1844 by William Makepeace Thackery, it depicts the misadventures of a young rogue from Ireland. Lyndon’s exploits include military service in the British army and seeing combat against the French at Warburg, in what is now western Germany, during the Seven Years’ [...]
Discussing film adaptations of great works of literature? Tolkien on Film: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? - Joseph Pearce
Why we should be reading new Catholic fiction and not the toxic titles on the New York Times Bestseller List... Good Books versus Bestsellers - Joseph Pearce
True manhood is not machismo, nor is it feminised emasculation. A true man is cultured and civilized... Why Men Need Great Books - Joseph Pearce
The role of great literature in bringing people to the truth of Christ... Great Literature and Conversion - Joseph Pearce
Joseph Pearce is interviewed on Ave Maria Radio about his new book... Literature and Manhood - Joseph Pearce
Celebrating four heroic Englishmen who have been forgotten and neglected by the heedless and hedonistic Englishmen of today... Four Forgotten Heroes of True England - Joseph Pearce
Sample Content from Our Latest Issue Table of Contents Sample Article Who Are the Celts? The Celts: A Modern History by Ian Stewart (Princeton University Press) is not, despite what the title might suggest, a history, modern or otherwise, of the Celts. It is instead a history of the idea of “the Celts”, which is indeed [...]
Finding the foundations of western civilization in classical antiquity... Philosophical Foundations - Joseph Pearce