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22/08/2025

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22/08/2025

Owen Barfield, friend of C. S. Lewis and a philosopher in his own right, was of the view that human consciousness had evolved over time so that instead of participating in an innocent and unknowing way in the natural world around it, we now stand detached and aloof from what we now call ‘objective reality’. We do not have to accept the entirety of this theory to see that, if it is in any way true, it would presuppose at some point an attempt through art to regain what had been lost - to seek out, in other words, a connection to Nature in an effort to reverse or at least slow the movement away from it…

Owen Barfield, friend of C. S. Lewis and a philosopher in his own right, was of the view that human consciousness had evolved over time so that instead of participating in an innocent and unknowing way in the natural world around it, we now stand detached and aloof from what we now call ‘objective...

21/08/2025

That Hideous Strength, having evolved from the skeleton of a political and supernatural thriller into the body of an Epic fantasy, comes closest to being an essay at the point when Ransom, Director of St. Anne’s, converses with the re-born Merlin. Having re-orientated the reader to a degree to the new, extraverted and Epic world, in which forces are not merely psychological but external and real, he has the Dimbles discuss the question openly…

That Hideous Strength, having evolved from the skeleton of a political and supernatural thriller into the body of an Epic fantasy, comes closest to being an essay at the point when Ransom, Director of St. Anne’s, converses with the re-born Merlin. Having re-orientated the reader to a degree to the...

20/08/2025

Some thoughts about a future marketing strategy for any small business…

Some thoughts about a future marketing strategy for any small business. Take a look at your current numbers. One of the things they mean is that your current actions are yielding that number of items sold - or, to put it in a more detailed way: Your current websiteYour current actions in Sales (call...

19/08/2025

NEW RELEASE FROM CLARENDON HOUSE PUBLICATIONS!
SPECTREBROOD
Raven Stark: Hyperean Wars Book Two
by Alexander Marshall
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1940: Britain stands alone on the threshold of an invasion…

But from an alien craft in the Arctic Sea comes an evil even greater than the N**i threat…

Raven Stark, a gifted but physically challenged orphan with a talent for tackling bullies, stumbles upon a secret initiative to save humanity hidden under an ordinary London shop…

When her best friend disappears while seeking her sinister father, Raven is driven to make decisions that will change life on Earth in ways no one could have imagined - and to find out who, or what, she really is…

Following on from the thrilling origin story of Captain Invincible comes this second book in the Raven Stark: Hyperean Wars series! Grab your paperback or Kindle version here:
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19/08/2025

’In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’

Thus the Holy Scripture of the Catholic Church begins and the profession of the Catholic faith takes the idea up when it confesses in the Apostles’ Creed that God the Father almighty is ‘Creator of heaven and earth’, and, in the Nicene Creed, ’of all that is, seen and unseen’. Tolkien, as a devout Roman Catholic, took these things to heart and confirmed them in his daily and weekly routine as a practitioner of that faith…

’In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’ Thus the Holy Scripture of the Catholic Church begins and the profession of the Catholic faith takes the idea up when it confesses in the Apostles’ Creed that God the Father almighty is ‘Creator of heaven and earth’, and, in the Nic...

18/08/2025

In That Hideous Strength, Lewis, apart from using the psychological thriller as a basis for moving the reader over into the Epic world as we have seen in earlier articles, is also using many of the template features of a successful novel, including what an antagonist is and how he or she meets his or her downfall…

In That Hideous Strength, Lewis, apart from using the psychological thriller as a basis for moving the reader over into the Epic world as we have seen in earlier articles, is also using many of the template features of a successful novel, including what an antagonist is and how he or she meets his o...

16/08/2025

There is a point up to which C.S. Lewis's novel That Hideous Strength has been more or less a modern political thriller. But we eventually get to a point which transforms the story totally: this moment not only alters the direction of motion in the plot but changes the genre of the novel. It is what happens, explicitly, when Jane enters the room where she is to meet Mr. Fisher-King, whom the readers already know is Ransom, the hero of the previous two novels in the series…

There is a point up to which C.S. Lewis's novel That Hideous Strength has been more or less a modern political thriller. But we eventually get to a point which transforms the story totally: this moment not only alters the direction of motion in the plot but changes the genre of the novel. It is what...

15/08/2025

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15/08/2025

What can you take out of a business and leave it better than it was before?

How can you remove something very basic and yet have the business generate more income than it could before?

What can you take out of a business and leave it better than it was before? How can you remove something very basic and yet have the business generate more income than it could before? The answer is Time. Take out Time. If a product or service takes too long to get from an idea stage to fruition, or...

14/08/2025

NEW RELEASE FROM CLARENDON HOUSE PUBLICATIONS!
POETICA # 25: AN INNER CIRCLE WRITERS' GROUP POETRY ANTHOLOGY
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There is a common assumption among poets and readers generally that ‘There is no market for poetry.’ I hear this regularly.
This idea arises because, in the big world of publishing, poetry is seen to be a private, highly subjective affair which correspondingly does not sell well. Personal tastes, obscurity of form, and lack of poetic craft all add up to poetry being ‘shoved into the corner’ and usually only self-published or produced as a vanity piece.
This is a shame. There are a great many good poets out there: thousands of voices whose passionate visions of reality are not finding a proper outlet. Without channels to transmit these visions to readers, they can eventually fall silent.
The effort of this series of Poetica anthologies is to contribute to the creation of a market for poetry throughout the calendar year. The idea is that, by providing a regular, published venue for poetry from all over the world, poems as media for the communication of important and heartfelt ideas and reflections will gain in respect and become more widely acknowledged. Voices will be heard; channels will be opened.
Poetica # 25 features the work of Peter Kenny, Marlene Fabian Stiles, Craig Richard Tickner, Afshan Aqil, Sultana Raza, Jacek Wilkos, Heather Brown, Tony Fyler, Trish Parkinson, RLM Cooper, Gabriella Balcom, Fhen M., Linda Sparks, Justin Wiggins, Diane Bright, the Birch Twins, Irma Kurti, Jim Bates, Mike Turner, Amrita Skye Blaine, David Painter, DJ Elton, Mary Grace Hidalgo Abogado, Michal Reiben, Allan Tierney, Kerri Jesmer, Jan McCulloch, Anhait Arustamyan, Catherine A. MacKenzie, Maria J. Estrada, Kelli J Gavin and Thomas R. Bates.
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14/08/2025

In the early 1990s I was making a living as a business consultant in London. I worked with several small businesses, mainly in North London, the West End and the City, ranging from a camera shop through to a tele-sales operation. Most of them were large enough to have about a dozen or so employees, but small enough so that the business’s owner or founder still had to be involved on a daily basis…

In the early 1990s I was making a living as a business consultant in London. I worked with several small businesses, mainly in North London, the West End and the City, ranging from a camera shop through to a tele-sales operation. Most of them were large enough to have about a dozen or so employees,....