This week’s podcast brings a talk by Claire Gilbert given at the recent event “Fired in the heart: An online Advent retreat with Julian of Norwich”, hosted by the Church Times and Canterbury Press. Her talk includes a reading from her latest book, I Julian, a fictional autobiography of Julian of Norwich, which is available to buy from the Church House Bookshop (Books, 6 April).

Dr Claire Gilbert is the founding director of the Westminster Abbey Institute. She is visiting fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge, and has been a member of numerous public and advisory bodies.

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