The Lionskin
Netflix is putting Narnia in a new skin, and C S Lewis wrote the test for spotting one 70 years ago.
Books
The Book They Don’t Read, but Still Get All Stabby About
Islam’s most embarrassing clerical typo – and why the ummah would rather stab a novelist than admit it.
My Thoughts on The Odyssey
A reflection on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, exploring home, justice, suffering, faith, and what an ancient epic can still teach us about the modern world.
The House of Temperance
We increasingly lack in public life a true sense of honour among those who are meant to serve us, not rule over us. There is nothing sober about a government that allows itself to become deformed through the tendency to tyrannical rule.
Biden Book Sparks Outrage on the Left
The good doctor profits while her party twists in the wind.
Diving into Obscurity: Colin Wilson
The outsider who refused to stay angry but stayed too-often gullible.
The Rewriting of Animal Farm
A new animated ‘Animal Farm’ transforms Orwell’s anti-authoritarian satire into an anti-capitalist fable, ideologically inverting its original warning.
Diving Into Obscurity: Robert Anton Wilson
Books both wonderfully bonkers and usefully thought-provoking.
Silvey Joins the Luvvy Predator Club
Educators’ favourite author pleads guilty to child exploitation charges.
