PGMantel

Raised in a home filled with books on Western civilization, P.G. Mantel became a lover of history at an early age. An amateur writer of verse, he makes himself useful as an editor for Men of the West.

December 19, 2018

Culture·Enemies·Family·Nationalism·Philosophy·Politics·Religion

Where is the Leadership? A Gen Xer Answers a Millennial

Editor’s note: The following is a response by MOTW author Kurgan to a Millennial friend who pointed out that Generation X – which is notably quick to criticize the decadence of Boomers

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

August 20, 2024

A Day With a Roman Gentleman

Art·Culture·Philosophy

The Nature of Beauty

June 6, 2026

The title of this lecture will, to a great majority of people, seem so forbidding that I feel it needs a justification, if not an apology. Art aims at creating the impression

Art·Culture

The Mikado: A Critical Appreciation

June 5, 2026

A composer reviews "England's supreme achievement in the sphere of opera."

History

The Barons’ War

May 25, 2026

The Norman Conquest was, to the English body politic, like one of those powerful drugs which seriously disorder the constitution for the time, but if the patient has strength to bear the

Art·Culture

Movie Review: Topsy Turvy (1999)

April 25, 2026

The origin story of The Mikado, one of Gilbert and Sullivan's best loved operas.

Art·Culture·History

Niccolo Paganini

April 21, 2026

He was no "mere virtuoso"—there was a something in his playing that defied description or imitation...

History

The Roman Soldier

November 13, 2025

Like all soldiers of the ancient world, the Roman soldier was originally the able-bodied man of a small community, fighting to protect his folk and his lands from jealous neighbours. There can

History·Religion

Godfrey de Bouillon: The First Crusade

November 12, 2025

The Asiatic tribes which embraced the religion of Mohammed, though presenting many diversities of character, were, during the middle ages, generally confounded under the name of Saracens, the original title of an