History
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‘To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.’
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors” On the 4th of November in 1789, The Rev. Richard Price gave an address at a dinner of the ‘Revolution Society’ – an association of ministers who met annually to celebrate the English Revolution of 1688. Price’s address was titled ‘A… Continue reading
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Machiavelli’s Political Thought
In the year 1512, the Medici regime was restored in Florence, and Niccolò Machiavelli was dismissed from his office in the Florentine Chancellery; exiled to Sant’ Andrea da Percussina. During the succeeding fifteen years, he wrote the literary works that became his namesake, including; The Prince and the Discourses. These two works were, novel and… Continue reading
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The First World War memorial at Brompton Oratory
In a unassuming corner of the majestic, neo-baroque church, Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge, stands a First World War memorial to the two hundred and fifty Catholic servicemen who died in the Great War. Erected in 1921, the Pieta, carved from the marble of the same quarry that Michelangelo used in the 15th century, would not… Continue reading
Izaak Tanna 