Interview: Nick Mayhew Smith, author

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 @ 00:00

My wife, Anna, and I went to a bookshop to buy a guide to Britain’s holy sites, and discovered there wasn’t one. She is a Russian Orthodox Christian, and has a much more advanced appreciation of holy places than an Anglican such as me. So I decided I had better write this book [Britain’s Holiest Places*].

It’s intended as a complete guide to Britain’s huge Christian heritage, from the Roman era onwards. ...

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