Hilaire Belloc Revisited
It’s difficult to know how to begin writing about Hilaire Belloc. He was such a versatile writer, traversing and transcending every genre. How does one encapsulate the scope of his achievement or the magnitude of his spirit in the space of a brief essay? It’s akin to trying to capture the immensity of the seas that he sailed in the finiteness of the flagons from which he imbibed. Mindful, in fact...