Why I Am A Christian
Rather more than a year ago, whilst I was applying to train as a lay minister, I was asked to …
Author Archives: quiteirregular
Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery: Did Shakespeare Help Write the King James Bible?
Today sees the launch of my new book, Shakespeare and the Psalms Mystery. Despite the sound of the title, I …
Post-War Chancers and Furious Housewives: Adaptation and The Merry Wives of Windsor
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, one of my research projects at the moment is an investigation of the …
J.R.R. Tolkien and the Eagles’ Wings: Middle Earth and the Bible
So why didn’t they just ask the eagles? This is a question about The Lord of the Rings I’ve heard …
Morality and Message: The Church of England, Young People, and LGBT Issues
The Church of England’s General Synod is meeting this week and – as many people have pointed out – many …
Literary Allusion in Harry Potter by Dr. Beatrice Groves: A Review
I have been looking forward to the publication of Beatrice Groves’ Literary Allusion in Harry Potter for some time, and …
Imaginary Quads and Overheard Tennis: Ursula Orange and Dorothy L. Sayers
I’m on a bit of a mid-century novel binge at the moment, even more than usual, having discovered the “Furrowed …
“in men, in places, in homely customs”: The Victorian Clergman E. I. Fripp and his Pastoral Genesis
One of the research projects I’m working on at the moment is an investigation of the work of Edgar Innes …
Literary Allusion in Harry Potter: An Interview with Dr Beatrice Groves
Today is twenty years since the first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and to mark this occasion …
Worship: A Book by the Endlessly Quotable Evelyn Underhill
Yesterday the Erewash Press published Percy Dearmer’s Parson’s Handbook, as I mentioned in a blog piece, and we also brought …
