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Current Issue

The Power of a Hidden Tradition – A Chesterton Poem

By Karl Schmude

Karl Schmude probes the hidden depths - and the continuing significance - of Chesterton’s great narrative poem, The Ballad of the White Horse.

The Women Behind the Men

By John Young

John Young highlights the crucial influence of Maisie Ward, Frances Chesterton and Raissa Maritain on their better known husbands.

A Literary Canon for Catholics

By Gary Furnell

Gary Furnell reviews the comprehensive guide to Catholic literature provided by Joseph Pearce’s recent book.

The Everlasting Man and The Abolition of Man

By Garry Nieuwkamp

Garry Nieuwkamp draws an instructive comparison between Chesterton’s Everlasting Man and C.S. Lewis’ Abolition of Man.

Chesterton and Dickens

By Karl Schmude

A recent reviewer of a scholarly book on Charles Dickens described Chesterton as”the greatest Dickens commentator”. Karl Schmude explains why.

The Humanising Power of Music

By David Daintree

David Daintree, Director of the Christopher Dawson Centre in Hobart, recalls the power of music in a wartime prison camp revealed in the Bruce Beresford movie, Paradise Road.

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