On the podcast this week, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams considers the significance of the Christian hope of a new heaven and a new earth.

The talk was delivered this week in St Martin-in-the-Fields, in central London, as part of its autumn lecture series, “What am I living for?”, in partnership with the Church Times.

The next lecture in the series, on Monday 21 November, is by Grayson Perry, and is on the theme of art. Book tickets at https://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/whatson-event/what-am-i-living-for-art

Rowan Williams will be delivering the Sir Tony Baldry Lecture at the Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature, which takes place in Winchester in February. Find out more about the festival programme and how to buy tickets at https://faithandliterature.hymnsam.co.uk

Music for the podcast is by Twisterium.

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