Lionel Curtis Lionel Curtis was an imperial statesman and advocate of a peaceful world order well before the UN and the EU. He used Christian ideals to support this cause. Click on link.
Category Archives: Writings
Crossing Borders: Bernard Crick
In 2001 I reviewed Bernard Crick’s collection of political essays entitled Crossing Borders. I knew Bernard well as he was my PhD supervisor at LSE, and an inspiring scholar. He died in 2008. As a tribute I am attaching my review of his book. Click on:
A Mystical Experience
The famous pundit Malcom Muggeridge reported in his diary having a number of mystical experiences: “The first intimation is quite simply that time stops…Then all creation is seen in its oneness; with each part of it, from the tiniest insect or blade of grass, to the vastnesses of space, with the stars and comets riding through them, visibly related to every other part. One sublime harmony, with no place for the discordances of hatred and the ego’s shrill demands; the death of death, since each note in the harmony exists harmoniously for ever”: Chronicles of Wasted Time (1973), vol 2, p.68.
Revised Essay on Malcolm Muggeridge
Here is Paul’s latest revised version of his essay on Malcolm Muggeridge, one of the great characters and communicators of the 20th century.Malcolm Muggeridge
Are Christianity and Socialism Compatible? Tawney’s View.
The great British Labour theorist and historian R.H. (“Harry”) Tawney based his socialist and reform ideas on his early Christianity, the source of his communalist ethics. See Paul’s essay on Tawney on his website or click below”.
Arnold Toynbee: What does he say about History and Religion?
One of the 20th century’s famous historians, Arnold Toynbee, who made a monumental comparative study of the world’s civilisations, had a great deal to say about the role of religion in the rise and fall of empires and cultures. For Paul’s essay on this see his Blog on his website dpcrook.wordpress.com, or click below:
Lionel Curtis: Commonwealth of God
A big wig British colonial administrator, founder of Round Table, and a participant in the Versailles Peace Treaty, Lionel Curtis founded his plans for a World Government and world peace upon a Chr…
Lionel Curtis: Commonwealth of God
A big wig British colonial administrator, founder of Round Table, and a participant in the Versailles Peace Treaty, Lionel Curtis founded his plans for a World Government and world peace upon a Chr…
Lionel Curtis: Commonwealth of God
A big wig British colonial administrator, founder of Round Table, and a participant in the Versailles Peace Treaty, Lionel Curtis founded his plans for a World Government and world peace upon a Christian basis. Click on Paul’s essay on Curtis below:Lionel Curtis
The Portly Prophet: G. K. Chesterton
Best known these days for his Father Brown detective stories (which he dashed off to support himself and publishing projects such as G. K’s Weekly), G. K. Chesterton was also a leading and fe…