Chesterton had a fence
You could argue, correctly I think, that the current willingness to tear down the post war order is rooted in the fact the folks who could tell you why it was built are almost all gone.
There’s been surprisingly little about how we are in the very last years of living memory of service in WW2.
August 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Chesterton had a fence
"Pity no one turned up" - G. K. Chesterton at the annual Postman's Ball.
September 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM
"Pity no one turned up" - G. K. Chesterton at the annual Postman's Ball.
St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge for #SteepleSaturday.
September 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge for #SteepleSaturday.
GK Chesterton might be the pound for pound champ of banger lines in the history of the English language
G K Chesterton on point:
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man.”
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man.”
May 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
GK Chesterton might be the pound for pound champ of banger lines in the history of the English language
See, the thing about Chesterton fences is that someone put them there for a reason.
January 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
See, the thing about Chesterton fences is that someone put them there for a reason.
El gran Chesterton: viejo, católico y sentimental.
August 20, 2026 at 11:54 AM
El gran Chesterton: viejo, católico y sentimental.
Chesterton, maddeningly, had it right and people like that one have it completely wrong.
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G.K. Chesterton had a line about this in “The Man Who Was Thursday”:
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Chesterton, maddeningly, had it right and people like that one have it completely wrong.
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That the good lady quoted Chesterton is enough for me.
FWIW, the actual lines, from his ‘Orthodoxy’, are: “Remember, however, that to be breakable is not the same as to be perishable. Strike a glass, and it will not endure an instant; simply do not strike it, and it will endure a thousand years.”
FWIW, the actual lines, from his ‘Orthodoxy’, are: “Remember, however, that to be breakable is not the same as to be perishable. Strike a glass, and it will not endure an instant; simply do not strike it, and it will endure a thousand years.”
Opinion | It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president
Isn’t this what a newspaper is supposed to do?
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October 26, 2024 at 10:54 PM
chesterton stans assemble
I converted to Catholicism a few months ago after listening to a podcast about Chesterton. Here's why I think the Vatican chose the wrong pope.
May 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I converted to Catholicism a few months ago after listening to a podcast about Chesterton. Here's why I think the Vatican chose the wrong pope.
My favourite line on reviews ever is GK Chesterton:
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
My absolute pet peeve as a critic is how fucking often critics do this instead of, you know, reviewing the book the author actually wrote.
April 2, 2024 at 7:35 PM
My favourite line on reviews ever is GK Chesterton:
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
“Most reviews say, in effect, ‘this is a very fine plum pudding but there is no taste of salmon’.”
THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
September 29, 2026 at 4:09 PM
THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
Self-organized student protests and walkouts against ICE show no signs of slowing down. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/09/c...
Chesterton High School students break rules to protest ICE
Chesterton High School students know they will likely pay a price for walking out Monday to participate in a protest against ICE.
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March 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Self-organized student protests and walkouts against ICE show no signs of slowing down. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/09/c...
"Journalism largely consists in saying 'Tim Allan has resigned' to people who never knew Tim Allan was employed"
- GK Chesterton
- GK Chesterton
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"Journalism largely consists in saying 'Tim Allan has resigned' to people who never knew Tim Allan was employed"
- GK Chesterton
- GK Chesterton
HRH The Duke of Chesterton explains why he can’t possibly have nonced anyone.
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
HRH The Duke of Chesterton explains why he can’t possibly have nonced anyone.
the degeneration into a sort of distorted, obsessive paganism is notable here. A Chesterton villain.
Your Excellency, you’re a bishop of a midsize diocese in Minnesota.
August 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
the degeneration into a sort of distorted, obsessive paganism is notable here. A Chesterton villain.
(also, as always, fuck g.k. chesterton)
March 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
(also, as always, fuck g.k. chesterton)
Wenn einer im Delirium tremens immer Ratten sieht, ist er deshalb noch lange kein Naturforscher.
G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936), Gilbert Keith Chesterton, englischer Kriminalautor, Journalist, Erzähler und Essayist
G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936), Gilbert Keith Chesterton, englischer Kriminalautor, Journalist, Erzähler und Essayist
June 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Wenn einer im Delirium tremens immer Ratten sieht, ist er deshalb noch lange kein Naturforscher.
G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936), Gilbert Keith Chesterton, englischer Kriminalautor, Journalist, Erzähler und Essayist
G. K. Chesterton
(1874 - 1936), Gilbert Keith Chesterton, englischer Kriminalautor, Journalist, Erzähler und Essayist
I don't know. The last time I thought I was quoting Chesterton I turned out to be quoting me.
February 11, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I don't know. The last time I thought I was quoting Chesterton I turned out to be quoting me.
Chesterton war memorial. Chesterton Memorial Park, Chesterton, Staffordshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget
May 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Chesterton war memorial. Chesterton Memorial Park, Chesterton, Staffordshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget
“White is not a mere absence of colour"
(G.K. Chesterton)
🎨 Dappermouth
(G.K. Chesterton)
🎨 Dappermouth
June 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“White is not a mere absence of colour"
(G.K. Chesterton)
🎨 Dappermouth
(G.K. Chesterton)
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iggy looks like g k dang chesterton
January 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
iggy looks like g k dang chesterton
Fourth of July, Chesterton, Indiana (I think), 1959 (I think). My mother, Nancy Goodlin, on the right.
July 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Fourth of July, Chesterton, Indiana (I think), 1959 (I think). My mother, Nancy Goodlin, on the right.
"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese"
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
August 22, 2024 at 7:41 AM
"Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese"
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton