Issue: Autumn 2024

Two Chesterton Champions – Aidan Mackey and Ray Finnegan

The Australian Chesterton Society pays tribute to the late Chestertonians – Aidan Mackey in England and Ray Finnegan in Australia.

The Spiritual Life of an Atheist

Karl Schmude reflects on the impact of a Benedictine nun on the spiritual life of George Bernard Shaw, a professed atheist.

The Chestertons in Children’s Literature

Gary Furnell reviews two children’s books by Nancy Brown which feature Gilbert and Frances Chesterton as characters.

Chesterton’s Other Brother

Joseph Pearce gives a fresh perspective on Hilaire Belloc as Chesterton’s ‘other brother’.

Chesterton’s Fence – and the Secular View of Time

Gary Furnell considers the secular impatience with time as akin to Chesterton’s analogy of the fence being pulled down before its purpose is known.

Chesterton and the Over-Civilised Culture

Karl Schmude finds new examples of Chesterton’s prediction that modern barbarism would come from over-civilisation rather than the abandonment of civilisation.