Tag Archives: BBC

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 | 63 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 →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes | Tagged BBC, BBC Talks, books, C.S. Lewis, Christianity Today, George Marsden, Joseph Pearce, Mere Christianity, The Problem of Pain, WWII | 36 Comments

Falling Towers and Failing Courage: The Sleeping Giant a Decade after 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

How have we moved and grown in our reflection on 9/11? My family walked through the 9/11 site a couple of summers ago, the great testament of this experience to Lower Manhattan’s story. Tourists streamed through, office workers streamed by, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, BBC, C.S. Lewis, Canada, courage, honor, Iraq, ISIS, Mere Christianity, President Obama, retreat, shame, war, WWI, WWII | 13 Comments

Justin Phillips, C.S. Lewis at the BBC (a review)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

In my chronological reading of C.S. Lewis’ writings, I was struggling a bit in 1941. Lewis makes what seems to be an unusual move when he chooses to take on a series of broadcasting talks at the BBC. The content … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Reviews | Tagged BBC, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Justin Phillips, Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, Walter Hooper, writing, WWII | 19 Comments

Taking a Breath before a Second Dive

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

Here I sit, on the edge of 1937. Not literally, of course. This is not a blog from the 30s, waiting until now to see digital light. But in my reading of C.S. Lewis’ work, this is where I am, … Continue reading →