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Joseph Pearce reflects on why Hilaire Belloc’s ‘The Path to Rome’ has long been celebrated as a classic - a physical journey that is also an historical and...

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Chesterton and the Art of Translation

By Karl Schmude

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Karl Schmude considers the challenging art of translation in the light of Chesterton’s insights, looking in particular at Ronald Knox’s approach to the translation of the Bible.

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Chesterton, Eugenics and Covid

By Paul Collits

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A century after Chesterton published ‘Eugenics and Other Evils’, Paul Collits reveals the undiminished influence of this thinking in institutions like the UN and movements like euthanasia and...

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The Unmaking of the American Experiment

By Garrick Small

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In a review of Will Hoyt’s recent book on the environmental destruction of much of America’s mid-west, Garrick Small notes the relevance of Chesterton’s comment that even the...

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Composing Hymns with James McAuley

By Richard Connolly

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In tribute to the distinguished Australian composer and producer Richard Connolly, who died in May 2022, The Defendant reproduces his article from 2017 on writing hymns to accompany...

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