Dan Hitchens

On February 2, 2018, seven members of a group called Bristol Antifascists assembled outside a lecture hall at the University of the West of England in Bristol. They donned balaclavas or dark glasses, according to taste, and entered through the double doors at the back of the hall. “No platform for . . . . Continue Reading »

If autumn is the poets’ favorite season, it is because autumn catches us in between, regretting and hoping, seeing the seed fall and imagining its growth.  Continue Reading »

At the Amazon Synod, Pope Francis has empowered critics of Catholic doctrine to try to impose destructive reforms on the Catholic Church. Continue Reading »

The real meaning of “faith” can be discovered in the writings of John Henry Newman.  Continue Reading »

A spectre is haunting the preparations for next month’s Amazon Synod: the spectre of John Henry Newman.  Continue Reading »

Rhetorical empowerment is everywhere; real empowerment tends to happen quietly. Continue Reading »

The loosening of sexual mores in the ’60s had its victims. Continue Reading »

London faces the consequences of its strategy of openness. Continue Reading »

The pope's ambiguous teachings are the face of the Church's “dark night.” Continue Reading »

Murray’s poems pack an impossible amount of meaning into short lines. Continue Reading »