The forward march of secularism may seem to be a relentless one.…
Category: In Passing (page 4)
Christopher Nolan’s Universe (Part Three)
This is the third and final part of a series on the…
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy and the meaning of heroism (Part Two)
Each one of Christopher Nolan’s films is about much more than it…
Christopher Nolan and the quest to understand (Part One)
In this the first of a three part series Michael Kirke examines…
The Power of Goodness and Kindness
There are some unpleasant human experiences, the further they recede in our…
Facing the reality of outer darkness: Foyodor Dostoevsky and Cormac McCarthy
“No English novelist has explored man’s soul as deeply as Dostoevsky”, E.…
One hundred years in the shadow of Babel
The world looked a pretty bleak place in the aftermath of the…
Doctor Zhivago – a masterpiece revisited
Sixty years ago I read Boris Pasternak’s great novel, Doctor Zhivago. I…
Pope Benedict XVI
Generations of the future will look back at our time and marvel.…