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''G. K.'s Weekly'' was a British publication founded in 1925 (with its pilot edition surfacing in late 1924) by seminal writer G. K. Chesterton, continuing until his death in 1936. Its articles typically discussed topical cultural, political, and socio-economic issues yet the publication also ran poems, cartoons, and other such material that piqued Chesterton's interest. It contained much of his journalistic work done in the latter part of his life, and extracts from it were published as the book ''The Outline of Sanity''. Precursor publications existed by the names of ''The Eye-Witness'' and ''The New Witness'', the former being a weekly newspaper started by Hilaire Belloc in 1911, and a revamped version also went on some years after Chesterton's death by the name of ''The Weekly Review''. As an alternative publication outside of the mainstream press of the time, ''G. K.'s Weekly'' never attained a particularly large readership, with its highest circulation being somewhat eight thousand. However, it attracted significant support from several benefactors, which included notables such as the internationally famous conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Individuals whose work appeared in ''G. K.'s Weekly'' include public figures such as E. C. Bentley, Alfred Noyes, Ezra Pound, and George Bernard Shaw as well as (at the very beginning of his career) George Orwell.〔 The relationship between the Distributist League and ''G. K.'s Weekly'' being a very close one, the publication advocated the philosophy of distributism in contrast to both the centre-right and centre-left attitudes of the time regarding socialism and industrialism.〔 In terms of criticism, the publication has garnered condemnation for alleged anti-Semitic prejudice to be found in the views of Gilbert and Cecil Chesterton as well as of Hilaire Belloc. The controversy has involved sorting out the distinct differences in the opinions of the three men versus that of others within the publication, as essentially everyone featured had their own nuances to their viewpoints and would disagree among themselves. Critics have alleged that the writers often featured false stereotypes and made ignorant arguments about British capitalistic society while defenders have viewed the accusations as biased and misleading. ==History in sequence with related publications== Seminal writer Hilaire Belloc founded weekly newspaper in 1911 that he titled ''The Eye-Witness''. The publication lasted only a year, though it gained notoriety for being the first place in which Gilbert Chesterton released the famous poem ''Lepanto''. Belloc focused his energies on anti-capitalist and anti-communist articles fighting against what he saw as the collusion of the many British government members with corrupt forces, writing in a brash style.〔 ''The Eye-Witness'' would morph into ''The New Witness'', and Cecil Chesterton became editor. The style and contents remained essentially the same. Gilbert Chesterton took over as editor in 1916 when his brother left to serve in the British Army during the Great War. Chesterton spent seven years (1916–1923) continuing at the helm of ''The New Witness'', enduring the loss of his brother in 1918. Taking advice to fundamentally change the publication, on March 21, 1925, Chesterton unveiled ''G.K.’s Weekly''.〔 With the continuation of ''G. K.'s Weekly'' even after Gilbert's death, with Belloc's son-in-law Reginald Jebb joining alongside Hilary Pepler to support the effort, the complete series of publications therefore reads as :''The Eye-Witness'' (1911–1914) → :''The New Witness'' (1914–1923) → :''G. K.'s Weekly'' (1925–1936) → :''The Weekly Review'' (1936/37 – 1948, when it became a short-lived monthly).〔''Everyman'', edited 1912-17 by Charles Saroléa, was another publication in which Titterton and the Chestertons wrote from a Distributist angle.〕〔A full account of distributism is complicated by the way from about 1920 Orage also had a comparable political and economic doctrine, Social Credit, amongst his major concerns; this other 'wing' drew in Ezra Pound, for example.〕 In total, the series of publications featured hundreds of articles, including well over a hundred poems. Some essays from ''G.K.’s Weekly'' have appeared in the books ''The Outline of Sanity'', ''The Well and the Shallows'', ''The End of the Armistice'', ''The Common Man'', and ''The Coloured Lands''. Some originals of the weekly have been collected by educational instutions such as Christendom College.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G. K.'s Weekly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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