Tuesday, August 24, 2021

The Grandfathers of English Fascism

Sir James Gunn, 'Conversation piece' (1932)


(via NPG 3654; Conversation piece (G.K. Chesterton; Maurice Baring; Hilaire Belloc) - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery)

For all that they are revered by a certain sort of modern Catholic "traditionalist", there was nothing Catholic or traditional about their vision for the world.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Church and State

A Swiss Guard at one of the gates of the Vatican City State receives a salute from passing German soldiers, c. April 1941.
 

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