Tag: Illustrated London News
G.K.'s Weekly
"Lions: Real, Heraldic, and Symbolic"
28 Mar 2016 24 Feb 2017
Illustrated London News – November 11, 1905 Sir Thomas Browne, whose tercentenary was celebrated at Norwich the other day, was, as everybody knows, a medical man. He was a rather curious…
"Detectives and Detective Fictions"
26 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2016
Illustrated London News - November 4, 1905 I wonder what real detectives are like. It may be that my life has been abnormally placid but I have never wanted to…
"Raillery on the Beach"
4 Feb 2016 16 Feb 2017
Illustrated London News – October 27, 1905 Every nation has a soul and every soul has a secret: hence there are some incommunicable things in every people; some national virtues must always…
"Fanaticism in the Suburbs"
19 Jan 2016 4 Feb 2016
Illustrated London News - October 21, 1905 Perhaps the two most important people in our civilization at present are the two elderly ladies who defended their residence with drawn swords. They are…
"Serious Things in Holiday Time London"
22 Dec 2015 31 Mar 2016
Illustrated London News - October 14, 1905 I cannot imagine why this season of the year is called by journalists the Silly Season: it is the only season in which men have…
There are some people, styles, and ideas in this world which fall under the category of Chestertonian, but who and what are they and what does it mean 'Chestertonian'? Etymology Chesterton +…