I've long admired Tracey Chevalier, perhaps best known for Girl with A Pearl Earring. It was a pleasure to talk to her about her new book. Article here.

It isn't often that you meet someone who is 107. This summer I met Dr Bill Frankland, who shared his fascinating life story with me.  You can read the article here.

I wrote a number of pieces and spoke on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 around the 75th anniversary of D-Day about the role of chaplains in the Battle for Normandy. This is closely related to my book, The Restless Wave. In this piece, I wrote about my good fortune being given the unpublished memoir of the Revd Harry Treble, one of those chaplains who served on the front line.
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A fascinating project here...
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Sometimes the stories people share with you are almost unbelievable. Before Easter, I was privileged to interview Denise Uwimama who is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, which took place  25 years ago. The details of what happened are almost unspeakable.

Denise experienced the full horror of the attacks. She went into labour as the militia were butchering her family all around her. The fact that she survived is remarkable enough. The fact that she has made it her mission to forgive the killers, and help other survivors to do the same,  is  quite extraordinary. 

I always enjoy interviewing other writers. I spoke to Francesca Kay and Joanna Rossiter for this piece. They were both speakers at the 2018 Bloxham Festival of Faith and Literature.

The agony of losing a baby is hard to comprehend. Zoe Clark-Coates and her husband Andy experienced this several times over. They've started a charity to help mourning parents to say goodbye. Read the piece here,...