In 1902 the "Daily News" gave him a weekly opinion column, followed in 1905 by a weekly column in "The Illustrated London News", for which he continued to write for the next thirty years.
В 1902 ему доверили вести еженедельную колонку в газете Daily News, затем в 1905 Честертон начал вести колонку в The Illustrated London News, которую вёл на протяжении 30 лет.