Kittie Helmick

Kittie Helmick studied comparative literature at the University of Oxford after volunteering as an English teacher in South Africa. In 2014, she founded Salt and Iron: seasonedwriting.com, an online magazine that sharpens Christian writing to season our culture.

Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity

Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism

Modern fantasy authors often try to subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results

Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate

A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood

Sohrab Ahmari’s anti-business prescriptions fail to convince

The modern battle for women’s rights has now fallen prey to a self-defeating brand of power politics

An attempt to boost school diversity has lowered standards

Revisiting the thinkers who challenged the scientific method’s claims to have a monopoly on the truth and offer privileged access to reality

And theory itself has killed it