The opening of Gone with the Wind describes the war between the American North and South as a resumption of a much older conflict between Roundheads and Cavaliers in the English Civil War. This points to a more universal truth. The expressions “roundhead” and “cavalier” may refer to a pattern of character traits that are, if not inbred, so widespread and common that they might as well be. We can divide ourselves, and most of the people we know, into one type or the other. On the whole, they do not see each other as natural friends.Take the present political situation in Britain. The Leader of the Opposition was pictured drinking a mug of tea in the bare kitchen of the house where he lives with his wife and family. In the frenetic atmosphere created by the approachi
19 March 2015, The Tablet
Margaret Thatcher forgot Original Sin. She was, in fact, a Pelagian
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