A Role Debut Manqué: Tosca Strikes Out at the Met

From subpar production to uninspired performances, this Tosca revival misfired.

Paul du Quenoy —

December 21, 2024

The Worthwhile Mess of Living

Tim Carney’s new book, Family Unfriendly, examines various factors at play in the West’s demographic crisis.

Haley Baumeister —

December 21, 2024

A Promise Fulfilled

Alexander Wienerberger told the world about the Holodomor. Now, his great-granddaughter Samara reminds us of her ancestor’s courage.

Álvaro Peñas —

December 13, 2024

Art in a Free Society: Anna Netrebko Triumphs in La Scala’s Season-Opening La Forza del Destino

To say Netrebko is a star is a marked understatement.

Paul du Quenoy —

December 11, 2024

How Should We Read Tolkien?

A new book considers a postmodern Tolkien, but it circles back to the obvious and enduring: love and friendship.

Paul Krause —

December 8, 2024

Midwinter Warmth

Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio seems old and yet new, traditional and yet contemporary.

Shawn Phillip Cooper —

December 7, 2024

Florida’s Ebullient Cultural Scene Continues to Rise

Palm Beach is becoming a nexus for culture with performances of the highest international quality.

Paul du Quenoy —

November 23, 2024

A Message from the Countryside

Dear Townies is an exasperated letter to green activists whose ideology could destroy the countryside.

Roger Watson —

November 22, 2024

The Antidote to Anarchy

Why do people accept to be bound by the results of a democratic election, or by the state and its laws, or by the limitations embodied within a public office?

Roger Watson —

November 16, 2024

Go North

Septentrion is a strange, beautiful, and elusive nightmare of a dystopia set in a northern version of an eternal, seemingly pre-war Mitteleuropa.

Alberto M. Fernandez —

November 16, 2024

What Flying Saints Are Teaching This Protestant 

Carlos Eire’s new book asks us to confront the miraculous with an open mind.

Keturah Hickman —

November 15, 2024

Quality Wine, Quality Time—The Scruton Hub’s Essence of Life: How Conservative Values Shape Our Future?

The excellent conference was complemented by a cultural experience against the beautiful backdrop of Hungary’s Lake Balaton.

Grace Holland-Givens —

November 12, 2024

Nature and Nature’s God

Steven Searcy awakens us to the divine drama of our lives, in which God is present even in something as mundane as the tumbling of wind-blown leaves.

Shawn Phillip Cooper —

November 9, 2024

Is Bill Gates the Most Dangerous Man in the World?

Even after giving away billions of dollars, Gates seems to have become no less poor. How does he do it?

Roger Watson —

November 5, 2024

Race or Faith: Which Sacred Values Will Shape the West?

Eric Kaufmann argues that race taboo must be reformed from a sacred moral absolute “into a proportionate norm like any other.”

Edward Weech —

November 4, 2024

A Great Missed Opportunity

Britain’s forgotten people gave Boris Johnson power to act on their behalf, but he quickly forgot about them.

James Bradshaw —

November 3, 2024

Echoes of Antiquity

A strong Christian current runs through Joshua Hren’s collection, engaging with each poem and tying them into a cohesive whole.

Shawn Phillip Cooper —

November 2, 2024

The Emergent Reality: Sophianic Initiation through Michael Martin’s Poems

Martin thinks we must meet God in creation, and only then will we begin to respect again what He has made.

Sebastian Morello —

October 27, 2024

The Last Bastion of Authority: The Office of the British King

In A Defense of Monarcy, six authors present the ancient Christian values symbolized in the British crown.

Robert Lazu Kmita —

October 26, 2024

Forgotten Classics: The Banality of Evil in Austen’s Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen helps us to see that evil is a very ordinary thing.

Felix James Miller —

October 26, 2024

The 9th Art: Sunday Adventures in History with Alley Oop

The time-travel comics of V.T. Hamlin remind us that our present moment is only one thread in the vast and ongoing tapestry of history.

Felix James Miller —

October 20, 2024

Out to Sea: Budapest Revives a Confused Flying Dutchman

Wagner’s opera receives an engaging and sympathetic staging, despite some directorial suggestions to the contrary.

Paul du Quenoy —

October 19, 2024

“Opt for the Great Happiness”: A Timely Blueprint for Family Revival

Eduard Habsburg contends that the family is the place where love, life, and faith are lived out in their fullest forms.

Jan Bentz —

October 15, 2024

A Hackneyed Narrative

Goodbye, Eastern Europe marches in lockstep with Western journo-academic interpretations of the region’s history.

Michael O’Shea —

October 13, 2024

Worlds of Delight: The Poetry of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien is essential for anyone who appreciates the beauty of Tolkien’s verse.

Shawn Phillip Cooper —

October 11, 2024

Reclaiming the Poetic Register

David Lane’s The Tragedy of Orpheus and the Maenads recommends itself by irresistibly inspiring readers to ponder.

Shawn Phillip Cooper —

October 6, 2024

A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World

Rod Dreher’s Living in Wonder outlines an escape from the paradigm of modernity that has painted the whole world grey.

Sebastian Morello —

October 5, 2024

A Spaniard’s Paean to Trajan, Romania, and Latin Civilization

“The Mystery of Romania: By its history faithful to Rome, by religion faithful to Byzantium; by its language tied to the West and by its customs to the East.”

Alberto M. Fernandez —

September 29, 2024

Forgotten Classics: Tradition, Modernity, and the Inspiration for Fiddler on the Roof

Sholem Aleichem’s tales of faith and parenthood remain powerful stories with relevance for raising children in our troubled age.

Felix James Miller —

September 29, 2024

In the World or Of It? Ancient ‘Cultural Christians’

Nadya Williams’ work considers how secular influences have infiltrated Christianity since the beginning.

Carolyn Manion Kinnie —

September 22, 2024