Tag Archives: Dorothy L. Sayers

On the Death of a Friend

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

May 15 marks the death of Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis’ good friend and literary inspiration. He is certainly the Oddest Inkling, and you can follow much of his work at Sørina Higgins’ blog. Lewis and Williams met through a providential … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Death, Dorothy L. Sayers, owen barfield, Sr. Penelope, T.S. Eliot | 9 Comments

Storytelling and Art

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This morning I was listening to the CBC radio show “Q” with Jian Gomeshi. This is a Canadian arts and culture radio magazine that we do really well, and the secret is slowly getting out as the show has gone … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Afghan Girl, art, C.S. Lewis, CBC, Dorothy L. Sayers, evangelical, Jian Gomeshi, Jodi Cobb, National Geographic, photography, theology, writing | 17 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 | 23 Comments

A Statistical Look at C.S. Lewis’ Letter Writing

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I have often heard that C.S. Lewis is one of the great letter writers of history. I can hardly make any comparison; the only other letter collections I have on my shelf are single volumes by J.R.R. Tolkien, Dylan Thomas, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Original Research | Tagged art of letter writing, Arthur C. Clarke, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, J.R.R. Tolkien, james thurber, letter collections, Letters to an America Lady, Sheldon Vanauken, Walter Hooper, writing | 42 Comments

Dorothy Sayers’ Sluckdrib Letter: The First Screwtape Copycat

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

In preparing for a paper on teaching The Screwtape Letters for the C.S. Lewis and the Inklings Colloquium at Taylor University this Spring, I thought I had discovered the first Screwtapian letter written by someone other than C.S. Lewis. A … Continue reading →