On Writing...

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I am sure that some are born to write as trees are born to bear leaves: for these, writing is a necessary mode of their own development.  If...

from "The Ascent of the Spear"

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Taliessin walked in the palace yard; he saw, under a guard, a girl sit in the stocks. The stable-slaves, lounging by the ga...

Siamese cats...

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[A Cambridge cat breeder had asked if she could register a litter of Siamese kittens under names taken from The Lord of the Rings.] My onl...
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The first talk

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The first talk in What Christians Believe dealt with alternative belief systems, with atheism and with pantheism. This was broadcast on 11 ...
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Gil-Galad

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Bill Nighy singing my very favourite song from the 1980s. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien, I learned this at the time and have sung it many times ...

Tolkien on his critics in 1955

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[The radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was discussed on the BBC programme 'The Critics'; and on 16 November, W. H. Auden gav...
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A tame sort of God?

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One reason why many people find Creative Evolution so attractive is that it gives one much of the emotional comfort of believing in God and ...
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Clarity or Obscurity?

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The pattern of divided knowledge can be traced in criticisms of Charles Williams' writings. C.S. Lewis, himself a model of clarity, ...

Love making in Modern Literature

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Wayland Young: … in general from the standpoint of Christian morality, the description of love-making in literature is on a par with the de...

The spark that lit the fire

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(Charles) would admit that he was not a tidy man in the office and had occasional clean-ups. On one such occasion, after one paper basket w...

from "The English Poets"

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Every great nation has expressed its spirit in art: generally in some particular form of art. The Italians are famous for their painting, t...

The Death of Charles Williams

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[The King's Arms on the junction of Parks Road & Holywell Street, Oxford] Tuesday 15th May, 1945. At 12.50 this morning… the tel...

Bors and Elayne: The King’s Coins

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The king has set up his mint by Thames. He has struck coins; his dragon's loins germinate a crowded creaturely brood t...

What is the Purpose of Life?

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[Rayner Unwin's daughter Camilla was told, as part of a school 'project', to write and ask: 'What is the purpose of life?...

The Full Treatment

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When I was a child I often had toothache, and I knew that if I went to my mother she would give me something which would deaden the pain for...
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The Eagle and Child

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When I'm in Oxford I often go there for lunch - they do a decent pub lunch. The Eagle & The Child is on the west side of the Woodsto...

Influences...

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I don't think Tolkien influenced me * , and I am certain that I didn't influence him. That is, didn't influence what he wrote. M...
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Looking for the King

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"What is this Holy Grail we hear so much about?" asked Williams, pacing back and forth so rapidly that Tom could hear keys or coin...

Faith? Or Good Works?

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The Bible really seems to clinch the matter when it puts the two things together into one amazing sentence. The first half is, 'Work out...

The Kilns in Wartime

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In the First World War two things had been invented which were to change the whole face of wartime life for the people living at home. One w...