A long form interview with historian Tom Holland on the success and reception of “Dominion”
Rhys Laverty
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
Why can we not bring ourselves to part with Jack Falstaff?
From the Editor’s Desk – Ad Fontes Winter 2023
Introducing the Winter 2023 print edition of Ad Fontes.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Comedy of Errors”
Augustinian selfhood and married nuns sound some potentially Protestant notes in Shakespeare’s masterful farce.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Titus Andronicus”
Humanistic learning and jokes for Protestants in Shakespeare’s bloodiest play.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “Richard II”
Contemplating the tension between divine right and popular rule with the Bard and the Reformers.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “King Edward III”
Thoughts on oaths and loyalty in the Reformation, from a Shakespeare play you’ve never read.
The Apologist Retires: An Interview With Alister McGrath
Alister McGrath reflects on apologetics, the New Atheism, and Reformation thought.
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Taming of the Shrew”
Failed farce? Cheap misogyny? Or simple insight into the sexes?
Shakespeare Notebook 2023: “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”
Reflecting on Shakespeare with Plato’s “Phaedrus”, and thoughts on repentance.