The lore of insects and allure of eateries Nov 1, 2009
Is he not, as Hilaire Belloc noted in one of his own bestiaries, a woolly sort of fleecy hairy goat,/ With an indolent expression and an undulating throat/ Like an unsuccessful literary man. Of course he is, and our appreciation for both species is much enhanced by the comparison. (Boston Globe)
George Gilder's Crusade Oct 27, 2009
By the 1920s, scientific racism was already facing intellectual resistance, perhaps most insistently from Catholics such as Hilaire Belloc, and its later association with Nazism eventually brought about its near complete demise. A generation before Hitler, Madison Grant, then scientific racism s most prominent American exponent, had been a friend of presidents and a stalwart of the Eastern establishment. (The American Conservative)
The Bold Belloc Sep 11, 2009
Was Hilaire Belloc sometimes careless ... Consider this elegant pasquinade, which years ago won a parody-contest award in Britain s New Statesman and which employs the same rhyme scheme and meter as Hilaire Belloc s own The chief defect of Henry King ... An even graver sin, curiously slighted by Belloc s most recent biographers, A.N. Wilson (Hilaire Belloc, 1984) and Joseph Pearce (the shorter, more reverential Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc, 2002), occurs repeatedly in Belloc s analyses... (The American Conservative)
Bard of the bottom Jul 19, 2009
" Griffiths studied literature at Monash University before teaching English for four years at Mildura High School. The main influences for his books, he says, come from childhood reading: Enid Blyton, Dr Seuss and Lewis Carroll, with some Monty Python thrown in. The irreverent Bad Book of rhymes and limericks draws on the 19th century cautionary verse books of Edward Lear and Hilaire Belloc, which Griffiths read about in the Cole's Funny Picture Book. (E. W. Coles was a 19th century Melbourne... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sweetness and Spite Jun 25, 2009
Yet a more immediate influence on it is that of her coreligionist Hilaire Belloc (whose poems Jonathan Chaves eulogized in TAC s July 19, 2004 issue). Indeed, one could almost argue that the entire history of modern light verse comprises a series of footnotes to Belloc. (The American Conservative)
Top BBC resignations astonished Hutton Jun 2, 2009
Law lord believes his report's findings on David Kelly's death were misinterpreted by media and is dismayed at accusations of whitewash. Thursday 4 March 2004 07. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
Halt Hutton inquisition, urges former BBC chief Jun 2, 2009
BBC South reporter Sally Taylor makes a unfortunate mistake when pronouncing the name of poet Hilaire Belloc. 1 Feb 2004. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
Paradox Was His Doxy Mar 24, 2009
The accusation could more justly be made against Chesterton s younger brother Cecil or against Hilaire Belloc. Guilt, however, cannot be established purely by association. (The American Conservative)
