Author Archives: Fr Anthony Chadwick

A response to Patrick…

Posted on Saturday, 2 July, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As promised, I give a few ideas in response to Patrick’s post A response to Fr Anthony… that responded to my recent posting on the Beast of Nazism and similar ideologies. As William Tighe suggested in his comment, there is … Continue reading →

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The Beast Awakens

Posted on Saturday, 2 July, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

There are several films dealing with this ungodly fascination with a subject that is both taboo and a part of the way things seem to be going. The above clip is from The Boys from Brazil starring Gregory Peck as … Continue reading →

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Arts and Crafts Revisited

Posted on Thursday, 30 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

If any of you are on Pinterest, there is a lovely page on the Arts & Crafts style. This style (dating from about 1890 to 1914, surviving to some extent in the 1920’s and in some examples of Art Deco) … Continue reading →

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Romanticism takes off!

Posted on Thursday, 30 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I was doing my daily rounds today and found Brexit: Hell No? This little article reflects a comment from yesterday in my previous posting in the theme of inevitability. A light bulb moment happened. I remembered my old philosophy classes … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Englands

Posted on Monday, 27 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The referendum seems to have revealed a similar kind of dialectic as between the North and South of the United States. After Brexit? The Referendum and Its Discontents by Scott Stephens offers some acute analyses of the referendum of last … Continue reading →

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A new Europe?

Posted on Sunday, 26 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Since the vote for Brexit on 23rd June, even my wife has joked with me about what would happen if I had to return to England or whether that troublesome country shouldn’t have the plug pulled out so that it … Continue reading →

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Shiver me timbers!

Posted on Saturday, 25 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Three-cornered hats cause not a little amusement at sailing gatherings. No, I haven’t had a haircut! It’s all tied up. The lifejacket and mobile phone are anachronistic! The photo was taken in the lock of Guilly Glas between the tidal … Continue reading →

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Bishop Cantor

Posted on Friday, 24 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I have just received news of the death of Bishop Maurice Cantor of the Eglise Sainte-Marie near Rouen. He was born in 1921 near Dieppe and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest at the Abbey of Saint Wandrille. He served … Continue reading →

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Triumphalism?

Posted on Friday, 24 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This morning, I received an e-mail from a friend. He writes from a conservative point of view, one that historians would qualify as isolationist. Will this latest move bring about a dissolution of the present political establishment built on masculine … Continue reading →

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Brexit

Posted on Wednesday, 22 June, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It would seem strange if I said nothing on this subject a day before the referendum. I can’t vote because expatriates who have not lived in the UK for more than fifteen years lose the right to vote. The matter … Continue reading →

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