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Video: Stephen Cottrell on Dear England

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04 March 2021

The Archbishop of York in conversation with Adrian Chiles

Dear England is the letter the Archbishop would like to write to a country that no longer sees the relevance of a Christian narrative − a nation divided by Brexit but united, to some extent, by the coronavirus. He shares his dream of 'what our dear country might become if we inhabited it differently', writing, 'I believe our best future will emerge when we learn how we belong together and how we can build communities of belonging.'

He speaks to Adrian Chiles at an event first broadcast on Wednesday 3 March 2021.

Dear England (Hodder & Stoughton) is available from Church House Bookshop.

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