C.S. Lewis and Thomas Merton: Soul Friends – Ron Dart

Thomas Merton, like C.S. Lewis and Simone Weil, has not always been best served by his most ardent admirers. It is a welcome thing that—in all these cases—we have so much ‘informal’ material to help us see them actually developing their ideas, testing out thoughts...

Sheila Grant and ‘Lament for a Nation’ – Ron Dart

Sheila Grant and Lament for a Nation George Grant always claimed that Lament for a Nation had been misunderstood. — Sheila Grant, “Afterword” Lament for a Nation Lament for a Nation has been called “a masterpiece of political meditation” (Peter Emberley) and it...