Interviewing the writer Joseph Pearce for one of the Herald’s recent Merely Catholic podcasts has opened up a whole new world for me. I found myself being convinced that William Shakespeare was indeed a dedicated, faithful Catholic, and it’s changed the way I see his work.
I know what this looks like at first sight, the over-enthusiastic semi-discriminate grabbing whatever we can to bolster the faith. But it isn’t that. There is no honour or dignity in simple-minded partisanship.
There was instead the sheer excitement of discovery upon discovery; brick by brick, an edifice of beauty was built, and the discovered key to the door proved to be a perfect fit.
