The Lamp
A CATHOLIC JOURNAL OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, THE FINE ARTS, ETC.
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Issue 08
Christmas 2021
Our eighth issue features the winner of our ghost story competition, Ree Brannigan! Also inside: Gerald J. Russello on teaching CCD, Minoo Dinshaw on the Cardinal Duke of York, Sam Kriss on Afghanistan, Michael Hanby on cemeteries, Joseph Epstein on the Lyttelton-Hart-Davis letters, as well as contributions from Kenneth J. Wolfe, Marlo Slayback, Fr. Alek Schrenk, Mary Kate Skehan, Frederick Sandefur, Jaspreet Singh Boparai, Peter Tonguette, David Bentley Hart, Roger Lewis, and more.
As ye are now
Peter Hitchens
A few days ago the British state quietly reached into my life and reminded me that I have exceeded my… Read More
Pumping Ship
Peter Hitchens
The Diaries (Volume 1): 1918-38Henry “Chips” Channon (Edited by Simon Heffer)Cornerstone, pp. 1024, $75.00 The unhappy tale of Tobermory, the… Read More
All in the family
Michael Hamill
I have written before about how to talk about the pope, and here I am writing about it again, at… Read More
The Lamp Christmas Ghost Story Contest
This year Tʜᴇ Lᴀᴍᴘ is sponsoring a Christmas ghost story competition in the spirit of Dickens and M.R. James. When… Read More
New Title, Same Boss
Mary Kate Skehan
In 1956, my grandfather had just gotten out of the Army, and was living with his family in Brighton, on… Read More
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