Category Archives: Literature

A visit to the Brontë Parsonage

Each year, 80,000 literary pilgrims make the trek into Brontë country in West Yorkshire. If [...]

When Middle Earth Came to Vienna: How a Polish king’s Winged Hussars Saved Christendom

This essay was first published at The European Conservative in December 2022. The release of [...]

The Last Native Belgian: Tintin in Brussels

When I arrived in Brussels for a two-month stay in January, I exited the train [...]

The cruelty of John Steinbeck

In October 25, the auction house Bonhams in New York hosted the sale of a [...]

The Kidnapping of Anne of Green Gables

Leftists have been trying to kidnap Anne of Green Gables, Canada’s most famous literary icon, [...]

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The Enduring Power of Shakespeare: 400 Years After the First Folio

In October 2023, Dame Judi Dench appeared on Graham Norton’s talk show with a clutch [...]

Why your kids should read Jim Kjelgaard

Every boy has a handful of writers who shaped their childhood, and for some reason, [...]

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The Internet is “A Lot Like Pornography”: An Interview with Samuel D. James

Like most of my generation, I don’t remember when internet optimism began—but I remember when [...]

The Last Days Of George Orwell

For a man who breathed his last at the young age of 46, Eric Arthur [...]

Ontario school board eliminates all library books published before 2008. That’s just a start.

I am not at all surprised to find out that the library of Erindale Secondary [...]