The 29th of May 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of G.K. Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), the indomitable English author, philosopher, Christian apologist and literary and art critic. To mark the auspicious occasion, Lord David Alton shared with the Catholic Herald his favourite Chesterton poem:

Last week a bi-partisan bill to rename a street adjacent to a Chinese government building in Washington, DC, “Jimmy Lai Way,” was introduced in Congress, following the January 26 piece in The Hill by Nina Shea, that proposed that Congress do precisely that to “honor [Lai’s] heroism in defending cherished principles of freedom”: Rename the Chinese Embassy’s address to honor a Hong Kong hero | The Hill