30 April 2015, The Tablet

Archive of wit


 
Manuscripts, letters and journalism from the pen of the novelist G.K. Chesterton, one of the most eloquent and influential Catholics of the twentieth century, are to be housed in a new archive dedicated to his work.The G.K. Chesterton Library, based in the Oxford Oratory, is not open to the public but there will be an open day on 23 May to introduce the public to the collection. As well as documents Chesterton owned and embellished with doodles, the library also has his writing chair, typewrite
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