Chesterton and Friends

A site dedicated to G.K. Chesterton, his friends, and the writers he influenced: Belloc, Baring, Lewis, Tolkien, Dawson, Barfield, Knox, Muggeridge, and others.

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Blessed Fulton Sheen and Chesterton

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"The greatest influence in writing was G. K. Chesterton who never used a useless word, who saw the value of a paradox, and avoided what...

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Humour

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“Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.” - G. K. Chesterton There is so much darkness in our wor...

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Latest Clerihew Submissions

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I submitted the following Clerihews to Gilbert . They are on top of a batch I sent in June. Will any of them make it to print? I don't k...

Thursday, September 03, 2026

Localism is Environmental

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" The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they expres...

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Overlooked Dystopian Novels

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I recently saw a list of best dystopian novels, with dystopian fiction defined as "a genre that explores imagined societies where life ...

Thursday, August 20, 2026

C. S. Lewis and "The Everlasting Man"

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"As for books, the very best popular defense of the full Christian position I know is G.K. Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man. " - C...

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Chesterton and Dostoyevsky

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“The one thing this Russian loves is Liberty. The one place where he finds it is in … no, not Christianity… Christ. Compared with that, he ...

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