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The Symposium: Andrew Rumsey: 'Another Country: social order and the national church'

A new series, The Symposium, begins this week, with a talk by the Bishop of St Albans, Dr Andrew Rumsey. The talk was given last month at the event “Public faith, common good, Christian social order,” and was organised by St John’s College, Cambridge, in conjunction with the diocese of Ely and the…

The Symposium: Nick Spencer and Rowan Williams: 'True human welfare'

Our new four-part series, The Symposium, continues this week with a talk by Dr Nick Spencer, senior fellow of Theos, and a response by the former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams. The talks were given last month at the event “Public faith, common good, Christian social order,”, organised…

From Caedmon to Dracula: Whitby Abbey & Poe's The City in the Sea

On a Yorkshire headland above the North Sea, one ruined abbey produced two unlikely legacies: the first named poet in the English language, and the legend that became Dracula. This week, poet Alden Carrow pairs Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The City in the Sea" — a drowned city where nothing moves …

The Devil In The Dock

What happens when the Devil enters the courtroom? For centuries, that wasn't simply a theological question. There were times when courts treated Satan, demons and witchcraft as very real forces capable of corrupting bodies, destroying crops, causing death and driving human beings towards terrible a…

How to Curse Like Your Great-Great-Great(x25) Grandparents – with Charlotte Spence (ISH 10, October 2026)

This month's Imaginary Song Hunt is a little bit spooky (happy Halloween!)... We're on the trail of ancient tablets that hold intriguing curses and charms. We spoke to Charlotte Spence – lecturer in ancient history at St Hilda's College, Oxford and expert in ancient curse tablets. Thousands of (mo…

The Nigerian filmmaker's guide to success: Dr Allègre Hadida in conversation with Nadia Denton

Nadia Denton is a member of BAFTA with considerable film industry experience. She has curated programmes at the British Film Institute and the Institute of Contemporary Arts and acted as a consultant for both film festivals and film schools. She has been featured on CNN, BBC and Radio 4 and her oth…