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Episodes (260)

Tue Feb 10th Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Jan 27th The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch
Jan 13th Jake Thackray: The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson

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Feb 10, 2026
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Dr Rowan Williams, theologian, poet and former Archbishop of Canterbury, joins Andy and John for a thoughtful and moving discussion of Till We Have Faces (1956), the last novel by C.S. Lewis. This episode was recorded in London in June 2025. Although not as well-reviewed as his previous work, C.S. Lewis believed Till We Have Faces to be "far and away my best book". Over the 70 years since publication, critical opinion has risen in line with the author's estimation. The book shows a more troubled, less dogmatic side to Lewis that that displayed in The Case for Christianity or, for th...

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Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

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