Culture

THE TWELVE CLIPS OF CHRISTMAS: DAY 4: THE WALKING DEAD CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

by David December 29, 2012

Ah, Christmastime. No matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, we always try to make this time of year as pleasant as humanly possible for our children don’t we? Why, I bet if the zombie apocalypse were to ever actually…

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Universality, Noble Accessibility and a Pop Culture that will Save the World

by David Clayton November 30, 2012

The principle of universality is not something I had considered in any depth at all until recently, when it was mentioned in a talk about sacred music. I have been reflecting on its meaning in other aspects of the culture…

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Bill Nelson and Be Bop Deluxe

by David Clayton November 23, 2012

I have not met a mother yet who does not think that her baby is the most beautiful baby there is. When I first heard a mother saying it, I thought perhaps there was some element of irony. All babies…

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Creativity and Fun with Substance

by David Clayton November 12, 2012

Dudley Moore parodying Beethoven piano sonato and Schuber lieder (‘Die Flabberghast’) I saw the first video below on Damien Thompson’s blog on The Daily Telegraph website. It is Dudley Moore playing his own composition, a parody of a Beethoven piano…

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Quoting the Eminently Quotable – Newman on the Veneration of Images

by David Clayton November 6, 2012

I am currently reading a new book on Newman which has recently come to my notice. It is The Quotable Newman – Definitive Guide to His Central Thoughts and Ideas. Published by Sophia Press it is compiled by Dave Armstrong…

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Obama and the Perilous Politics of Progress

by Carson Holloway October 19, 2012

One of the most striking and troubling aspects of President Barack Obama’s leadership is his grandiosity. I do not refer here to personal vanity, although that, too, seems to be among his weaknesses. In 2008 then-candidate Obama told Patrick Gaspard,…

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Is Shooting Turkeys Natural? I Say Blast Away!

by David Clayton October 5, 2012

Laws designed to protect the environment, but which favour it by restricting man’s natural activity will inevitably lead to the demise of both. This is because man – even modern man – is an essential and natural component of the…

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A 7th Century Saint Describes How We Participate in the Transfiguration and Shine with the Light that will Save the World

by David Clayton September 7, 2012

The spirit is the mind’s eye through which we see God, face to face, and by which we partake of the divine nature, and are transfigured, in this life by degrees, through our participation in the mystical body of Christ.…

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The Sculpture of Tilman Riemenschneider, written by Christopher Blum

by David Clayton August 7, 2012

Here is a second in a series about late gothic sculpture. This one is written by Dr Christopher Blum and appears in Crisis Magazine (http://www.crisismagazine.com). You can find the article itself here.
One of the questions that I always think…

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I believe in Jesus Christ

by Mary Lane July 19, 2012

Say what you will about the state of our culture.  Personally, I think that one we have going for us is that—for better or for worse—people do not take the statement, “I believe in Jesus Christ,” lightly.
To say, “I…

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