The Napoleon of Nippon Hill

Those reading this blog will probably be familiar with G.K. Chesterton’s marvelous 1904 novel, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, in which a future king of England (in the then-distant year of 1984), being the last man in the kingdom with a sense of humour, re-institutes all of the formal boundaries, fealties, heraldry and clothing of [...]

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The Everyman’s Chesterton

This was released two weeks ago, but I only just found out about it today. Noted Chesterton scholar Ian Ker has compiled a 950-page volume for the Everyman Library, in which is apparently contained a vast array of the best of the gargantuan author’s works.  Unlike similar and shorter volumes already extant, this one will [...]

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The Grand Inquisitor

The Grand Inquisitor John Zmirak and Carla Millar. Crossroad; 2008. 76p.  First reading. “Hey, what’s that you’re reading, there?  Looks interesting.” “It’s a blank-verse graphic novel in which we discover that religious modernism is in fact a dark conspiracy.” “I… okay.” There’s really no way to sell Zmirak and Millar’s The Grand Inquisitor to anyone [...]

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Les Miserables – Part II

[The second in a projected three-part meditation on Victor Hugo's masterpiece.  The first part may be read here.] Last time we looked at the broad strokes of the plot, and – in greater detail – at the secondary or even tertiary characters who sustain it.  Little has been said of the main characters in Les [...]

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A Philosophical Refutation

Our blogging schedule has me signed up for artwork production on Saturdays. I’m currently working on a couple of drawings – some for a book, one for a text adventure, one piece of fanart for a Harry Potter fanfiction (which, I think, either I or Nick will most probably be talking about more), and a [...]

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