tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.comments2023-12-06T03:29:10.742-08:00The Hilaire Belloc Blog - the official Blog of the Hilaire Belloc Society. Hilaire Bellochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039021080426257658noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-71552899586659155532023-02-08T05:50:10.837-08:002023-02-08T05:50:10.837-08:00The propaganda dept of the FCO (British Foreign an...The propaganda dept of the FCO (British Foreign and Colonial Office) must have had every major English author on its anti-German payroll during Britain's decade-long runup to its declaration of war on Germany in 1914. Hilaire Bell-oc (like his mate GKC) were on the side of justice during the Empire's war against the Boer Republics (and theft of their gold and diamond mines), but they fell for the Empire's war against Germany (as an industrial competitor) and its theft of the Turkish Empire's Mesopotamian oil wells.<br /><br />Well connected "insiders" like diplomat John Buchan wrote popular books about sinister German and Turkish spy rings in the runup to WW1. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-41159825395558959532022-01-06T13:10:24.708-08:002022-01-06T13:10:24.708-08:00In the poem Tarantella Belloc writes " do you...In the poem Tarantella Belloc writes " do you remember an inn Miranda" there is an inn in Foix ,pyrenees called Miranda he may be referring to the inn not a person.The Childe of Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16676591570557090947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-76324626851198472512022-01-06T13:04:10.705-08:002022-01-06T13:04:10.705-08:00There is an inn Miranda in Foix.
He may be referri...There is an inn Miranda in Foix.<br />He may be referring to this.The Childe of Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16676591570557090947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-82926911815014206612021-09-28T02:44:03.131-07:002021-09-28T02:44:03.131-07:00One may say that he was a prophet, but he was just...One may say that he was a prophet, but he was just wise enough to see the consequences of contemporary ideas.<br />Regards to all the Society<br />Jacek Marzechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874260170714821015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-39635114990546272142020-08-12T13:47:21.567-07:002020-08-12T13:47:21.567-07:00Poor A. N . Wilson, still groping in the dark for ...Poor A. N . Wilson, still groping in the dark for solid opinions of himself. I thought he converted once before several years ago or is this his second or third turnaround ? Don Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088216762281699529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-46838228583520145362020-08-12T13:38:30.352-07:002020-08-12T13:38:30.352-07:00Yes Mr Wilson wrote in a different mode than Mr Be...Yes Mr Wilson wrote in a different mode than Mr Belloc’s first biographer and during a time where it was even fashionable for grown men to tell everything they knew. Any gentleman of 84 years of age should certainly know better and I very much appreciate one saying so. Don Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088216762281699529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-5057034649712996612020-07-30T15:42:22.886-07:002020-07-30T15:42:22.886-07:00Feast of Blessed Everard Hanse
30th July, A. D. MM...Feast of Blessed Everard Hanse<br />30th July, A. D. MMXX<br /><br />What a pleasure to read the main essay here in defense of Hilaire Belloc. One can only chuckle to see him on the cover of today's Tablet, and even more at how the Editor of that august purportedly Catholic institution confounds his own starch and snark.<br /><br />I've been enjoying Belloc's writings for more than 25 years now, and a more devoted son of Our Lady I don't believe I know. Nor a finer poet.<br /><br />From paeans to our "Lady, and Queen, and mystery manifold / And very Regent of the untroubled sky, / Whom in a Dream St Hilda did behold, and heard a woodland music passing by, / You shall receive me when the clouds are high with evening, and the sheep attain the fold."<br /><br />. . . To his landmark Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine, Belloc is a master on par with the Bard. Either Bard. Which reminds me, I once recited, nay practically sang, the former poem ex tempore (of course) at an annual Robbie Burns Day dinner in Manhattan, which was well received whether due to the whiskey I know not. <br /><br />As to the third category of the "dialogues," I would suggest En Esto Perpetua for more than honorable mention. Also quite interesting from the perspective of history as well as insightful to the Muslim mentality and nature.<br /><br />O, Hilaire, faithful son of the Church, your like has not been seen on the world stage since you departed. Would that we had today whether in public or in private life, just one such defender of the Faith!<br /><br />Were he alive to defend his friend, GK might say, "On the map of the mind of Belloc the mind of A. N. Wilson, or the Lilliputian ilk at the Tablet, is a dot."<br /><br />In corde Christe,<br /><br />Christopher P. Benischek<br />New York, New YorkChris Benischekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340441962885848951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-75531401171826923672020-07-30T03:38:57.530-07:002020-07-30T03:38:57.530-07:00The Ivor Gurney setting is a fine piece, but I pre...The Ivor Gurney setting is a fine piece, but I prefer the Peter Warlock myself, and best of all in my opinion is the one by John Jeffreys sung by Ian Partridge from the album 'Northumberland and beyond'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-60630369792651470702020-07-11T15:03:36.957-07:002020-07-11T15:03:36.957-07:00I agree about the Benjamin Luxon recording. The al...I agree about the Benjamin Luxon recording. The album of Butterworth and Gurney songs is an absolute delight, for me expressing Englishness in landscape, nature and poetry in a world that is all but lost now. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649002442504628006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-33654216993342031562020-05-14T13:59:55.979-07:002020-05-14T13:59:55.979-07:00Hi. I'm a brazilian too, and would love some h...Hi. I'm a brazilian too, and would love some help to understand Belloc's letter to Alceu. Can you help? Thanks, Nik.Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484889569382173386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-78407899020247258522020-04-17T01:13:22.592-07:002020-04-17T01:13:22.592-07:00That's incredible, it'd be nice to see an ...That's incredible, it'd be nice to see an exhibition of his correspondence and get an insight into his character.Manofkenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746327977658880727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-29525511139737124942020-01-27T06:07:05.086-08:002020-01-27T06:07:05.086-08:00Excellent post - I am always happy to read every u...Excellent post - I am always happy to read every update!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142617913188358308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-44579891215177686542020-01-14T12:21:33.142-08:002020-01-14T12:21:33.142-08:00Just finished A.N. Wilson's book. This man wa...Just finished A.N. Wilson's book. This man was indeed a modern prophet. RIP Hilaire Bellockdoyler3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08955721114071853394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-58596494077052083662019-11-01T16:26:49.937-07:002019-11-01T16:26:49.937-07:00Thanks for setting up the blog, I look forward to ...Thanks for setting up the blog, I look forward to reading more posts (and more Belloc novels too)Manofkenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746327977658880727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-57024474370774007562019-09-18T22:43:44.549-07:002019-09-18T22:43:44.549-07:00Hi, I hope this message reaches you. I am an Assis...Hi, I hope this message reaches you. I am an Assistant Manager at The Waverley pub in Bognor Regis. On the 2nd of November we are holding BellocFest as a celebration of Belloc, Ale , Sailing and West Sussex. Would be great to hear from the Belloc Society and if you would like to give a talk on Belloc would be great.<br />Regards<br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02694954898695422270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-15483161826727696912018-09-24T19:42:22.835-07:002018-09-24T19:42:22.835-07:00Is mortgage a productive or non productive loan?Is mortgage a productive or non productive loan?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671892880322948113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-35965361824642089032018-07-17T00:47:29.773-07:002018-07-17T00:47:29.773-07:00Hi,
We are staring to plan our Christmas Concert t...Hi,<br />We are staring to plan our Christmas Concert to be held in our church in our small village of Clapham (in the Downs north of Worthing).<br />We are looking to 'theme' it about a Sussex Christmas.<br />Can you suggest any other Belloc related christmas themes for reading or singing?<br />many thanks! JeffAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942648570633685031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-28917919752344138842016-08-24T09:36:17.001-07:002016-08-24T09:36:17.001-07:00Thank you for sharing that wonderful video. One o...Thank you for sharing that wonderful video. One of these days, God permitting, I will join in on one of these walks.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-19770014989513859032016-08-06T12:06:14.903-07:002016-08-06T12:06:14.903-07:00Warlock called it "The Birds"Warlock called it "The Birds"Mr Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01138433710309527256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-36962118803436588672016-06-30T23:35:42.397-07:002016-06-30T23:35:42.397-07:00I have just completed what has become my annual re...I have just completed what has become my annual re-reading of The Path to Rome and managed to find the passage referred to<br /><br />However I cannot agree that this shows that a day s missing It only refers to the fact that in the midst of two days unremitting rain in northern Italy Belloc found nothing to write about<br /><br />At first I thought that the passage referred to was at Borgo where he says much the same thing But the explanation there was that after a day walking from "dear Sillano" for <br />0 miles in the full heat of the sun he must have caught the train on "the new Bagni railway" to Lucca<br /><br />It looks as if he was suffering from the effects of the sun as thereafter he "turned day into night" and slept during the days and walked at night till he got to Rome<br /><br />These annual re-reads are a well worthwhile exercise and I am finding new things every time so many thanks about the post<br /><br />I have some idea that Belloc must have contemplated walking between Corpus Christi on 6 June and Ss Peter & Paul on 29 June but that would have given him only 24 days on the road and not enough to cover 750 miles over difficult country <br /><br />I have yet to read Jim Malia's book but I did follow "The Hoofs of the Stag" and Robert Johnson's "walking with Mr Belloc"<br /><br />I am not too sure I fully approve the macho diet of junk food caffeine alcohol and painkillers that walker seem to indulge in though these days there does seem to be some concession towards water and fruit<br /><br />Continuing research has led me to find some interesting letters in The Tablet's archives including one from Robert Speaight on 27 October 1956 referring to the "obvious discrepancy" in the starting out dates<br /><br />Brendan CotterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551046431472417704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-53066163389429789792016-03-11T02:25:33.081-08:002016-03-11T02:25:33.081-08:00Noticed this post and the advertised book which ec...Noticed this post and the advertised book which echoes my 2008 trip and book 'Walking with Mr Belloc - The Path to Rome' (Robert Johnson) which was signalled on the blog in 2010. I would be interested to know if Jim was aware of this e-book when he did his journey. Incidently, I don't seem to be able to access 'In Belloc's Steps' from the publisher. Bob Johnson www.travelsintime.co.uk<br />rbrtjhnsnglbl@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-67982787246360186792016-01-14T19:33:03.641-08:002016-01-14T19:33:03.641-08:00Would be useful to know the TITLE Warlock used for...Would be useful to know the TITLE Warlock used for this song,as it appears not to be one of 3 Belloc songs easily found in current Warwick CDs. Even better, what current CDs is it found on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-3298590378232819632015-10-18T05:55:04.717-07:002015-10-18T05:55:04.717-07:00Now, now, Mike, you have spoken well except for th...Now, now, Mike, you have spoken well except for this: there is no such word, either as a noun or as a verb, as "homeschool." Loving parents teach their children; they do not homeschool them. My father did not homeschool me shooting safety, nor did my mother homeschool me respect for others.Lawrence Hall, HSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906964306659335649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-12752115876829502372015-08-05T14:42:47.561-07:002015-08-05T14:42:47.561-07:00Lovely. Thank you.Lovely. Thank you.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291879114835297882.post-56557923509378120562015-07-22T13:28:44.117-07:002015-07-22T13:28:44.117-07:00You will not eat at the Newburgh now. First its st...You will not eat at the Newburgh now. First its stables and outbuildings went, then its internal walls, then its garden and finally its licence. It is now a house hemmed in by others. Remember the days when the landlord's beautiful blonde daughter was there and Buckle Adames was in his cups and you could see the flash of the Owers on far sea-horizon. Happier days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com