The Sacred is a podcast about the things we cherish and hold dear to us. In episode 4, we speak to Francis Spufford, award–winning author and Professor at Goldsmiths University.

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In the fourth episode of The Sacred, Elizabeth Oldfield speaks to award–winning author Francis Spufford. Francis is a Professor at Goldsmiths University, and the author of a number of books including Golden Hill and Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense.

He has been long–listed or shortlisted for prizes in science writing, historical writing, political writing, theological writing, and writing ‘evoking the spirit of place’. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

The Sacred is produced by Hussein Kesvani and No Country Media.

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