“Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphèd gloriously. The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord shall reign forever and ever.” youtube.com/watch?v=-GKNcy… At 128:16. Handel’s oratorio among the best dramatizations of the soul’s relation to the God—or rather

Douglas Murray's keynote address at Ralston College on the necessity—and our current opportunity—to rebuild a shared culture. He offers a moving vision of how literature, and poetry especially, can enrich lives and catalyze renewal: ralston.ac/podcasts/dougl…

I spoke recently at the extraordinary Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia. It is a relatively new but utterly exceptional institution. A demonstration that rebuilding and reconstruction can occur if people have the will and determination to do it.

What does it take to spark a new Renaissance? Join myself, Stephen Blackwood, James Orr, James Hankins, David Butterfield, Joseph Conlon, Gregg Hurwitz, Samuel Andreyev, Christian Sottile, and Mari Otsu as we explore the enduring significance of our artistic and intellectual

Why are universities and colleges the institutions to build? A terrific ten-minutes with David Butterfield: youtube.com/watch?v=cg1BUh…

Doug Murray on WH Auden: "Poetry—like all true art—is our best means of breaking bread with the dead. An extraordinary insight." Link to the full video below:

A moving reflection from Bret Weinstein and Heather E Heying on their week Ralston College.

"There is, in the whole history of the cosmos, only one of you. Do not count the cost, or consider any calling too small or too big for you to consecrate yourselves fully to it." Ralston's latest graduates were encouraged to hand on the fire of tradition: "Let it burn brightly!"

This weekend the third cohort of Ralston College's MA in the Humanities celebrated their graduation in Savannah. Further details and images of this wonderful day can be found here: ralston.ac/news/graduatio…

Congratulations to our graduates! It is has been a privilege to have you as our students. We know you’ll do us proud.

Big news today on Ralston College's progress to accreditation. Huge thanks to all—faculty and staff, friends and supporters around the world, and especially our students—who have helped to build such a beautiful new beginning. Onward and upward.

America's Best Greek and Latin Teachers" Joshua Katz in The New Criterion on Ralston College.

Thank you, Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️, for your kind words. We hope to have you back soon.

i/o To think that Western Civilization can thrive without access to its own past— and crucially through the languages with which that past can be accessed—is like thinking you can have a nuclear program without physicists.

"The world exists through sacrifice. This is something that the ancients understood." Standing atop the remarkable pinnacle of Meteora, Jonathan Pageau Jonathan Pageau explains how and why we still need monasteries: youtube.com/watch?v=etxC2-…

On what is higher education and why we need it: A conversation with David Lescalleet IV

You had one job… The proliferation of departments in the university was a mistake for both intellectual and economic reasons but the elimination of perennial fields of human inquiry is incompatible with the one thing we need universities to do (rather than the many things they

‘A republic, if you can keep it.’ Benjamin Franklin’s words ring loud today. Amidst cultural and economic and geopolitical challenges on all sides there may be no greater risk to our republic’s long-term future than its failures in education. There can be no America, indeed