This week, the education secretary Damian Hinds talks to Hattie Williams about why he would like more faith schools to convert to academies.

The Bishop of Gloucester, Rachel Treweek, talks to Adam Becket about how churches must not ignore the realities of domestic abuse.

And the Bishop of Liverpool, Paul Bayes, talks to Madeleine Davies about his new book, The Table.

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