Tag Archives: BBC

The Hundred Acre Wood: (Stuffed) Animals in Literature (The Plunge Podcast with Derek Holser)

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

Happy spring Monday dear readers! I’m hardening off my tomato and pepper seedlings as I work on a plan to combat invasive Japanese beetles before they can shred my Bing Holla! cheery tree, which is now in flower. The days … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged A.A. Milne, Adaptation, BBC, Disney, literature, nostalgia, Winnie the Pooh, Winnie-the-Pooh | 16 Comments

The Literary Life in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Murder Mystery, Whose Body? (1923)

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Dorothy L. Sayers has fallen into my life–and I into hers–because of my gloriously irresponsible definition of the Inklings. With a lifelong interest in J.R.R. Tolkien, and a growing curiosity about C.S. Lewis, I was thrilled to discover an entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged Agatha Christie, BBC, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Peter Wimsey, Sherlock Holmes, The Inklings, The Man Born to be King, The Mind of the Maker, Whose Body? | 28 Comments

John Bunyan’s Apology for his Book with a Note from C.S. Lewis on Writing as Holistic Discovery–and How Narnia Achieved the Bigness You See

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

In my blog post last week, “Bunyan and Others and Me: Vicarious Bookshelf Friendship and a Jazz Hands Theory of Reading,” I offered two “Theories of Reading” from my experience of trying to find sympathy with John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, On Writing, Reflections | Tagged A Pilgrim's Regress, Arthur Greeves, BBC, C.S. Lewis, Dante, John Bunyan, John Milton, Selected Literary Essays, Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to be Said, Spenser, spiritual theology, The Pilgrim's Progress, writing | 8 Comments

Narnia’s Lost Poet and C.S. Lewis’ Lost Biographer: A Further Note on A.N. Wilson

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Last Monday I produced a review that was a bit tetchy (despite my own apparently hypocritical protestation that I don’t write bad book reviews). Therein I used a big sophisticated word that I clearly didn’t know (“coy”), and tried to highlight some … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reviews | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Alister McGrath, BBC, David Holbrook, John Beversluis, Kathryn Lindskoog, Narnia, Narnia's Lost Poet, Samuel Joeckel, The Man Behind Narnia, Walter Hooper | 66 Comments

“Not Because I am Anyone in Particular”: C.S. Lewis’ Original Preface on Mere Christianity

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Based on a year-2000 survey of church leaders and contributors to Christianity Today about 20th-century “classics that have shaped religious thought,” C.S. Lewis was “by far … the most popular author and Mere Christianity the book nominated most often.” Narnia also … Continue reading →