Trump in Britain

by Peter Hitchens

Watching this grotesque performance, I was filled (as I so often am these days) with sorrow that so few British children read or study Shakespeare anymore.  Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2018

A Homily to Remember

by Wesley Hill

Michael Curry's homily at the Royal Wedding illustrated the power that good preaching still holds. Continue Reading »

22 May 2018

Queen Elizabeth, Woman of Mystery

by Ramona Tausz

In all her time on the throne, Elizabeth II has rarely permitted her personality to overshadow her office.  Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2018

More Fascinating than Fiction

by Fr. George W. Rutler

The first Elizabeth was a genius and a monster. Elizabeth II is neither, and that could be the formula for banality. But it may be its own kind of power—in life and onscreen. Continue Reading »

29 Dec 2016

God Save the Queen

by George Weigel

On February 6, Queen Elizabeth II marked her diamond jubilee, an achievement that Great Britain will celebrate throughout 2012. I am not a monarchist, but I’ll happily join in saluting the Queen, who embodies several qualities that are in short supply among 21st-century public figures. In one of a slew of diamond jubilee books, author Robert Hardman reports that Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is awed by the Queen’s “gravitas.” … Continue Reading »

7 Mar 2012