Extra: ISOLATION INSPIRATION with author Francis Spufford

<p><strong><em>A bonus weekend edition…</em></strong>&nbsp;Finding inspiration in the midst of pandemic can be difficult, but how hard is it to write a book about a city you can’t visit because of lockdown? And how has the Church fared during this period of enforced isolation? Author and practising Christian <strong>Francis Spufford</strong> talks to Ros Taylor about his new novel <em>Light Perpetual</em>, the “incredibly natural” failure of imagination in the midst of this pandemic, and how COVID has left the Church “smaller and wobblier” than ever before.</p><ul><li><em>“The ordinariness of the Blitz leaps out at me… people woke up having survived the night, dusted themselves down and went to work”</em></li><li><em>“People will sit in cafes and ride on trains again… they’ll regard this as the weird glitch of 2020”</em></li><li><em>“COVID has been catastrophic for the church… it will emerge smaller and wobblier than before the pandemic started”</em></li></ul><p><em>Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>