Veronica Clarke

A few months ago, an old school friend confessed that she’d been reading a lot of “AO3”—Archive of Our Own, the world’s most popular fan fiction website. I assured her that she wasn’t alone. Fan fiction—stories about fictional characters or real-life celebrities, written by the . . . . Continue Reading »

Corsage, directed by Marie Kreutzer, is the latest film adaptation of Elisabeth's life. Continue Reading »

I was seventeen when my father and I embarked on the long flight to Denver from Amsterdam, with a layover in London. He read George Eliot; I read Batman: The Long Halloween. It was dark by the time we checked into the hotel, and still dark the next morning when we set out in our rental car. We drove . . . . Continue Reading »

Art gives us structure and clarity; it helps us make sense of the disorder of life. Will Arbery’s Corsicana is a weird play, but you will feel warmer for having seen it—and maybe a little wiser, too. Continue Reading »

Once we cease to see demanding relationships as primarily a burden on our liberty, we find that the labor of love is one of life’s greatest pleasures. It allows us to become the best versions of ourselves. Continue Reading »

In print and in person, First Things nourishes a sense of the real.  Continue Reading »

We remain committed to first principles, to voicing the truth in the midst of an increasingly relativistic and nihilistic public square. But we cannot do this without your help. Continue Reading »

First Things is committed to defending the knowledge that “temporal tasks are best conducted in the light of eternal destiny.” Continue Reading »

Autumn de Wilde’s Emma. is a fresh and charming take on the Jane Austen heroine.  Continue Reading »

A review of Tom Dulack’s Paradise Lost, playing now in New York.  Continue Reading »