Miscellany: Articles, Poetry, and Books from Elsewhere
Bits and bobs from other places
First: a welcome to new readers! There has been a steady stream of you coming in recently from various channels and it’s great to have you.
This week, I’ve not been able to get together a fresh piece, and so I instead offer a round-up of some other things I’ve been up to over the last few months that I’ve not shared here.
Hopefully, if you’ve enjoyed my output here at The New Albion, these other bits and pieces will tide you over until my next proper post.
“The strange paradox of Britain’s treatment of miscarriages” in The Spectator
I was very glad to have this piece published in The Spectator this week. I point out the absurdity of the government’s new “baby loss certificate” scheme when it’s considered alongside the UK’s current abortion legislation, and argue that it would be a surprising European move to drastically slash British abortion limits.
“Stars” in Ad Fontes
A poem I had published some months ago in Ad Fontes is now out from behind the paywall.
Life on the Silent Planet: Essays on Christian Living from C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy
My main job is working for the Davenant Institute, and we recently opened preorders for a book I have edited—one I am incredibly excited about. Life on the Silent Planet: Essays on Christian Living from C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy brings together renowned Lewis scholars and members of Davenant’s network to raise the profile of Lewis’ neglected science fiction trilogy and show how it applies just as profoundly to the Christian life as his other works.
I have an essay in there, and have also written the introduction. You can pre-order it now—publication date is 14th November!
Advent Homilies
We have also opened pre-orders over at Davenant for Advent Homilies, for which I am co-editor. This is a collection of 17 sermons preached by St. Augustine during the Advent season. If you’re looking for a fresh Advent devotional for this year, you won’t do much better than this!
“The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t” in The Critic
Back in June, I had the chance to write about something a bit different to my usual fare. One side of my family hails from Alderney, one of the British Channel Islands, a place very dear to me. During WW2, Alderney was evacuated before being occupied by the Nazis and turned into an island of prison camps. After many years of speculation, a report has finally laid to rest speculation about the extent of the camps. I wrote about what the report’s conclusions mean for the island and conspiratorial armchair historians.
Parenting and marriage at Spectator Life
In another few departures from my usual fare, I’ve really enjoyed contributing some pieces to the Life section of The Spectator recently. Pieces published over the last few months:
The Ransom book promises to be fantastic. Is it likely to be available directly in the UK, like some of the other Davenant books, or should we resign ourselves to paying the $12 postage fee from the US?