Liber locorum communium

Former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan "came up with the following nugget during his speech at a college feast:  'We in Balliol sho...

"The mid-century Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin was sometimes considered too arch for his own good.  My favourite anecdote about him c...

"I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit" (Douay-Rheims). "expectabam eum, qui salvum me fecit a pu...

"Solovyov perceived an inner link between dogma and models of political and social order. For him, it was no surprise that the rash of ...

Have mercie, Lord have mercie:  for I know |  How much I nede thy mercie in this case. |  The horror of my gilt doth dayly growe, |  And gro...

"When contemplation makes us drop the book from our hands, there is nothing more for us to do than to let it fall without worry." ...

"In a sense, I guess I did read my way into the Church. But I didn’t reason my way. I was drawn in large measure by envy of Joyce, who ...