Extra: ISOLATION INSPIRATION with author Francis Spufford

A bonus weekend edition… 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 Francis Spufford talks to Ros Taylor about his new novel Light Perpetual, 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. “The ordinariness of the Blitz leaps out at me… people woke up having survived the night, dusted themselves down and went to work” “People will sit in cafes and ride on trains again… they’ll regard this as the weird glitch of 2020” “COVID has been catastrophic for the church… it will emerge smaller and wobblier than before the pandemic started” Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices